>> good morning, everyone, it's sunday, january 8th. mitt romney fends off new hampshire-- or i'm sorry his rivals during the debate in new hampshire and stayed on message and aiming his attacks on president obama. >> the president is going to try to take responsibility for things getting better. like the rooster trying to take responsibility for the sunrise. >> we will have many more debate highlights coming up. >> a different showdown may be brewing with iran. reports this morning the country is making new strides with its nuclear ambition. the details are straight ahead. >> i'm mike in for clayton. it was one year ago today that the tragic shooting in tucson

occurred. a deranged gunman opening fire on congressman gabby gifford at the safeway, we'll talk with her husband mark kelly. "fox & friends," the first hour on a sunday morning starts right now. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. >> that's n new music. that's a first for me. it's very mellow and nice. makes you feel good. >> dave: welcome in the new year and mike jerrick in for clayton morris. we know that you watched the nfl game, saints and lions and we'll recap for you in a couple of moments, including a head scratcher from george stephanopoulos. >> alisyn: and includes the candidates. >> dave: played the back seat. >> football, tennis.

>> alisyn: you had to object when they didn't get the sports games right. >> dave: a lot of problems with the sports analogies. >> alisyn: they sounded like me. and we'll get to that in a second. we'll get to the headlines and the news happening, reports that iran has started uranium enrichment at a new site. a hardline newspaper says the site is well protected underground facility and the main uranium enrichment is built only partially underground. ap they're under sanctions to stop uranium development. a charge that taye rap denies. a package at a colorado home explodes accepting a husband and wife to the hospital with burns. they picked up the box left on her doorstep and put it in the vehicle. she and her husband drove about two blocks before it exploded on her lap. right now, investigators believe this was not a random

attack. and you're looking at new video of arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. last night returned for the first time to the tucson safeway where shots rang out exactly one year ago today. killing six people and injuring gabby giffords and 12 others. church bells are set to renning at 12:11 at the time that jared loefner opened fire and she'll attend a candlelight vigil vigil. we'll be talking to the congresswoman's husband. call her bee-mom-say. ivy blue carter. >> ivy blue? >> why not. she and her husband jay-z rented out the entire floor. they don't do anything small. and those are your headlines,

let's go to dave. >> dave: thank you so much, ali. mitt romney came out pretty much unscathed last night in new hampshire. focusing his attacks on president obama. >> the president is going to try to take responsibility for things getting better. like the rooster taking credit for the sunrise, he didn't do it. >> dave: that was pretty much on the economy, if you're hoping to hear more, our political panel is here to weigh in on the debate. joining us now republican strategist, and michael and the political humorist, scott blakeman. good morning. >> good morning. >> dave: i hope you watched football, the debate wasn't much to talk about. i think all in all, one of the biggest letdowns of the debate season if i may editorialize myself. dedewhat is your take away besides george stephanopoulos and bizarre interaction on

contraception, what was your take away. >> well, mitt romney was presidential and he's going to be our nominee, i think that's what we take away from this as well as the fact it was the g.o.p. team against the moderators. this is crazy. i mean, crazy questions, silly questions, and david axlerod made the call, chicago, we've got a problem. they could not touch mitt romney. he was great, a rock star. they didn't give perry time and didn't ask santorum the right questions and focused on mitt romney and they wanted to take him down and make him look bad and didn't make it work. >> dave: i thought that rick perry did well. no time, but a performance. >> he didn't have time. >> dave: and there was not one question to my knowledge on bomb care, i did watch football, but not one question on the president's signature achievement. why didn't those other guys go after mitt enough? >> i think there were plenty of times to go after it and chose not to. the media set this up as the

anti-mitt debate and what it was the not-mitt debate. it was a debate among perry, santorum, gingrich to decide who going to get the not mitt vote. >> dave: who did. >> i think that gingrich performed well. santorum did fine i don't think either one of them did enough of a job, but they're going to get that know the-mitt vote. the question is whether it's big enough impact on the nomination. and one guy is hoping to get the not-mitt vote, you think john huntsman. you think he might come out the winner? what were you watching? >> football and-- >> and i think what struck me, watching the candidates a year from now and one of them will be doing reverse mortgage commercials and following the footsteps of fred thompson. i think that huntsman is a winner because everyone else is exactly where they were before the debate. huntsman, to many of our

viewers, that's what he sounds like, they don't have a chance to talk, he did get a chance to talk and i think he'll finish third in new hampshire and lives to fight another day. >> dave: he spoke in mandarin and i know that he worked in china. >> that's crazy. >> dave: i don't think that was the smartest play although he might be the smartest guy on the stage. there was a lot about gay marriage last night and here is what newt gingrich had to say about this. >> and actually spent this much time on the issues. i want to raise a point about the news media bias. and you don't hear a question asked. should the catholic church be forced to close adoption services in massachusetts because it won't accept gay couples which is exactly what the state has done? >> go en, a lot of time, dd, spent on social issues. yeah. >> dave: what was the take away. >> well, because abc and george stephanopoulos, i think he wants to be the white house press secretary again. this was so biased and--

and nothing, the mainstream immediate dwra is going to attack mitt romney with everything he's got, he's g going to beat barack obama and i was missing bret baier and megyn kelly. >> dave: and 40% of the electorate is independent or not affiliated. >> i don't understand why these questions were asked two or three days before the new hampshire primaries. they're not new hampshire issues, they may be south carolina, but they seemed irrelevant, they didn't do a fairly good job of cornering romney on the social issues and he tend today move except for the contraception issue move aside for the debate. >> that's why i think that george stephanopoulos was right on. what do you think of roe vs wade and i don't think there's media bias. tough questions the way that bret and megan asked tough questions, what struck me new

hampshire, marriage is a sacrament. >> i don't know whether he should be the ideal guy for marriage and maria marria-- marriage. and important things for people to know. >> in new hampshire it is, it will be an issue there, maybe not in zack. he think we can agree that mitt romney and who stands the chance of taking away his lead? santorum, newt gingrich or ron paul, a lot of people think will finish second in new hampshire. >> the big thing about ron paul. he did not want to run as a third party candidate and everybody is making hay about that, i don't want to do that. that's very good news. i don't think that anyone can touch romney, it's a done deal.

he won iowa going to win new hampshire. >> as newt gingrich reported time out of time. three or four voters haven't gone to the romney camp and who has the bets chance in ten seconds of taking away romney's lead. >> i think that perry does, he can come back and-- >> the tea party in south carolina. >> he's got money. >> a lot of money. >> santorum doesn't have money, didn't do well in responding to attacks and gingrich overly defensive when attacked. he think that perry has a shot. >> i think that romney will be the nominee. perry was strong in the beginning of the debate and disappeared, i think he flew to sng halfway through and a little tactical error, let's send troops back to ironing. they didn't give him any time and-- >> that's hard to accomplish, so you think it's rick perry? >> again, if we didn't have any debates which we do.

but i still think he still has a shot if he's more articulate. >> and huntsman shouldn't be busting out in the chinese, in the g.o.p. debate. >> dave: the mandarin dialect. i would thank you all. >> what did he say? someone should figure that out. >> goodbye. >> and however you say that in mandarin, goodbye to you, we appreciate it. good stuff. >> thank you. >> dave: let's get over to rick reichmuth who has a check of the weather, hey, ricky, how are you doing. >> i'm doing well. a niece day, did you like it dave. 62 degrees in new york city yesterday in early january, almost unheard of. so, the warm temperatures still another warm day today. take look at some of the maps, another warm day in the eastern half of the country and not as warm. temperatures are going to drop a good 10 to 15 degrees from where they were yesterday. if you want winter go to new mexico and texas and where a lot of the winter has been and we have the santa ana winds

and that fire threat in southern california. send me messages on twitter, let me know what the weather is doing. put them on facebook, also. the temperatures as you're waking up. cooler towards the north, warm and balmy across areas of the south and down to the south you can see that's where the thunderstorms are, we have some rain and some of it heavier in across parts of mississippi and alabama this morning and that's going to continue for the next couple of days and spotty showers and also see a few showers across areas of texas that's going to build the next couple of days, but a storm is going to drop down towards new mexico today and in towards parts of texas so we have winter storm warnings in effect across the higher elevations there and we're going to see some spots picking up 4 to 6 inches of snow and midlands, texas might be one of the snow winners for the country this year, hard to imagine, but a little bit of snow there. also on i-10, be very careful. here is your high temperatures for the day today. not looking that bad anywhere though it's colder off to the northeast from where we were yesterday.

guys, send it over to you. >> thanks, rec, let's talk more about the debate and some of the lighter or memorable or funnier. >> water cooler. >> that's right. >> and so, the first one was when george stephanopoulos for some reason asked mitt romney about a hypothetical, what if states were to ban contraception? well, i think it's fair to say that americans list top five concerns about-- >> how about 50, right there at the top. >> alisyn: your state banning contraception is not up there on any poll and romney expressed some incredulity, let's watch. >> and do you believe that states have that right or not? >> should that be done in this case. >> should this be done in this case to allow states to ban contraception, states don't want to ban contraception, why would we try to put it in the constitution? with regards to gay marriage i told you that's one i would

amend the constitution, contraception a working just fine, just leave it alone. >> dave: leave it alone. >> and the crowd got in on this because the longer, longer, longer this went on they started to boo and get angry, and in fact, ann coulter tweeted last night this had gone on so long, newt gingrich just got remarried. >> bizarre, i can't figure out what he was going for. >> i think here is the problem. it was too long. the debate was too long, two hours. >> dave: it wasn't. >> they ran out of questions. >> dave: there wasn't one question about obama care that they paid lip service to the economy in huge job numbers that came out on friday, so it wasn't too long. this interaction was far too-- >> well, isn't it too long, even though i kind of liked the question, the debate happened on a saturday night, which is unusual, a lot of people watching the nfl, but one of the questions, if you-- if you weren't running for president and weren't at the debate. what would you be doing on a saturday night? >> i like that question.

>> this is what they say. >> i'd probably be at the shooting range. >> instead of being shot at. >> yeah. >> i'd be watching the college championship basketball game. >> football game. >> i mean, football game. >> i'd be doing the same thing, huddled around watching the championship game. >> afraid it's football. and i'd be with my family, if they went to bed i'd be reading an economic textbook. [laughter] >> i'd be on the phone with my two boats in the united states navy because they're a constant reminder what is great about this nation. >> wow. >> those were all-- that was, but there were fascinating efforts and what do you a sports guy think about our possible national candidates. >> dave: i hope they would be watching football, the nfl and basketball, in the basketball.

and monday night, newt gingrich just gave an interview about the championship game earlier with politico. give them a pass, and dependent realize that lsu plays alabama on monday night. >> they knew there was a football on. >> dave: saints lion. >> the national football league, but i'll go giving them a pass because they're busy. >> dave: but an economic textbook. >> alisyn: living large, ron paul, raise the roof, baby. >> saturday night, whew. >> alisyn: he's crazy. let's talk about this, john huntsman had an interesting moment last night. >> yeah. >> alisyn: a question was posed to him, obviously one of his best credit depositions he was the ambassador to china so he was showing off, or he was playing to the chinese audience? >> well, he rocked out some mandarin. >> dave: check it out. >> we do have to get along and tell the chinese it's time to stop, you have to play by the rules, i will not let you kill american jobs any longer.

>> well, i think it's important to note as they would say in china, mitt "speaking mandarin] >> he doesn't understand the situation. >> dave: look, i understand john huntsman is a very smart man, the ambassador to china, but speaking in perfect mandarin dialect ain't going to help you in new hampshire where you have it on the line. where could that possibly get him? >> i don't know. >> alisyn: was that rhetorical? i don't have an answer to that. i don't know. these are funny moments. >> dave: these are issues, china, it is. >> i looked up there, and what was happening there, was the mic crackling. >> alisyn: and speaking of mic, the mic went out. >> and really what the whole-- there it goes again. >> and caught you not telling the truth. >> but really-- >> now what was happening there, ron paul was talking

about some of the criticisms against rick santorum, and rick santorum dismissed out of hand very well. and talked about a group that said some things about santorum. and he really was reaching on some things and rick santorum handled a lot of those very well. >> i thought that ron paul was interesting. >> dave: attacking. >> and went off newt gingrich and rick santorum. he didn't bother with mitt. >> dave: went after newt on the military deferment and that got heated and perm and i think you'll not hear the last of that from newt. >> alisyn: will you hold up the cover of the post? the next story, and it says, tweedle-dum. >> who is that? >> well, they're pretending. >> that's the president. >> alisyn: that the president is dressed up like an elf, the mad hatter, because apparently a secret, very lavish white house party in 2009.

>> 2009. >> alisyn: that celebrated alice in wonderland and decked out by tim burrton who is the famous director. >> johnny depp was even there. >> dave: beetle juice. >> alisyn: and this is about a tell-all book in washington. hi, peter. >> as you know, johnny depp one of the great actors of our time and a guest greeter at the alice in wonderland themed costume ball at the white house back in 2009. the director of alice in wonderland, the remake, tim burrton outfitted the state dining room in what jody cantor describes in the new book "obamas" as his creepy signature style and johnny depp was there in full costume there as the mad hatter standing on a table greeting guests. this was kept secret to the public because the white house thought it would outrage americans who were struggling during the recession. the press corps was invited that day to a halloween event

for washington area school kids and another for the kids of military personnel and white house administrators, but the press was not allowed to see the transformed state dining room. and this book reveals that former press secretary robert gibbs used to police the white house for things that might make the first family look bad or out of touch and saying he was trying to prevent a story like the john edwards $400 hair cut from seeing the light of day. so this story stayed under wraps for over two years, why the author did not interview the obamas for the new book, she talked to 30 staffers and conducted over 200 interviews, but the white house is dismissing her as being without reliable sources, saying, the emotions thoughts and private moments described in the book, though often seemingly ascribed to the president and the first lady, reflect little more than the author's own thoughts and back to that party though. another note about it, apparently so elaborate that george lucas sent the original chewbacca from "star wars" in to mingle with guests. now, there's a touch, huh?

chewy is there. >> dave: peter, can you do the wookie sound. >> reporter: i can't and won't. >> alisyn: very wise, peter. >> dave: good play, peter. >> alisyn: thanks, peter. >> dave: that's interesting, those are the things we talk about because they are reported in the media, but when there's recession and awful things going on and sweep that under the carpet. >> alisyn: it's a tough one, because the parties at the white house are lavish, should they not be lavish, one time i've been inside and i was stunned by the beauty of the white house and don't you want the white house to be pristine and lavish even in tough times or you don't want it to. >> dave: is it odd to keep things like this secret? i don't know. >> alisyn: you can find us on ff weekend on twitter. >> coming up we told you about george stephanopoulos' questions about contraception, was there a liberal bias at the debate last night? and michele bachmann's debate

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♪ >> over the last two years as the only candidate to visit all of the states, 99 counties, i've gotten to know the people of iowa well and the experiences we've showed have been unforgotable. in polk county i met with a group of 50 newly sworn in

citizens. and in hum bolt county accidentally wandered into a cornfield. seven feet high. lost more than 18 hours. >> alisyn: he's rocking the sweater vest. >> dave: he is. we'll tell you more later. there's two reason to run for president. one focus on family and two go to war with iran as a favor to israel. but andy samberg is funny. >> alisyn: love him. and while we were sleeping, loved ones mourning the death of a group of soldiers killed in afghanistan. four indiana national guardsmen died and a fifth injured spread on saturday and officials say their vehicle struck a roadside bomb. they were working to clear a supply road of the bomb. specialist brian line heart,

christopher patterson, she says her son did not have to go, but felt a calling to serve. >> when they got news it was being activated. he said, i have to do this. i didn't find out to stay in school and get an education. i did this for my country. >> alisyn: so inspiring. the largest number of indiana guardsmen deaths, and mccord still on lockdown. the order won't be lifted until they can locate stolen weapon accessories that disappeared over the holidays. some missing items, scopes, night vision goggles and range finders. and students can protest 1%, they won't get college credit for it. the school is canceling the plan for occupy wall street course for the spring and a

department chair said it was an inadvertent mistake that the class was posted and originally promised a light reading road, students were expected to spend time demonstrating. yeah, a six-year-old new hampshire boy is honored after helping to save his mother's life. and take a listen as james barker called 911 while his mom was having a seizure at the breakfast table. >> do you have an emergency? >> my mom, she fell asleep. >> okay, can you see if you can wake your mom up. >> she's been opening her eyes a couple of times. >> okay. >> i'm going to get you some help. >> oh, james reportedly stayed on the line monitoring his mother's breathing until paramedics arrived and he said he knew what to do after learning about it at school. >> i knew what 911 did, it did, ambulance, and called the

fire department. >> exactly right. and yesterday james got to meet the 911 dispatcher who answered his call and he was given a certificate and cool gifts for his heroic actions. that's great. >> mike: that's the way a 911 operator is supposed to handle thing. how many times the 911 operator, what do you want, kid. >> alisyn: yeah, your mom is sleeping, go back and call us later. >> mike: go to sleep yourself. good job. >> dave: let's talk sports. big game last night. the saints marching right into the next round of the playoffs. they rolled against the detroit lions, and of course, record setting offenses cannot be stopped. drew brees threw for 466 yards, a playoff game record and three touchdowns. the saints racked up more than 620 yards, a regulation game playoff record and they go on to san francisco now for a second round game on saturday and now, they have a running game, they are dangerous. congrats to the lions though,

a great year and made the playoffs the first time in more than a decade and that's a team on the rise. and the houston texans, first ever win, cincinnati bengals for their first playoff victory. one of the best plays of the game. well of the season, right there. a defensive lineman somehow picks the ball off from about six feet out. that's jj watts. there's a lot of wide receivers who don't make that catch. 29 yards for the touchdown and truly a remarkable physical achievement right there. but how about rookie quarterback, tj yates, hooking up with andre johnson for the texans franchise and 24-10 texans and finally, aryan foster would get in on the action and look at this. looks like he's going out of bounds, right? he goes over 150 yards and undrafted player, remember,

aryan foster and he is a stud. 31-10 they roll. good for gary kubiak, his first ever playoff win and they get baltimore on sunday. guys, it was a big night in sports, did you a stay up and watch that game. >> i watched the first half and then bedtime. >> dave: we talked about newt's sports stumbles, a diplomatic answer when he's rooting in tomorrow's championship game. tomorrow, newt. saying, quote, i have to confess, while i think lsu is a very, very good team. my personal feeling if i were betting $10,000 i would bet on lsu, but my heart belongs to alabama so he very much hedged his bets there. >> mike: he's a politician. >> alisyn: is that a jab at mitt romney or does he have $10,000. >> dave: it's a jab at romney, but strardling the fence and clearly the $10,000 wasn't subtle.

>> alisyn: i can't talk about who is walking around. >> dave: when you have an open account at tiffany's, maybe you don't make that joke. >> alisyn: i don't know. >> mike: and rick, where are you? >> that's the standard betting fare, $10,000 to get into any game, just so you know. all right, wind advisories across southern california again today. santa ana winds gusting to around 60 miles per hour and that means the fire danger is high across southern california today and certainly everybody needs to be watching out for that. across the east, a few showers and a few of them heavy at times, and parts of the southeast, mississippi, alabama and eventually see some of that into georgia and light precipitation, nothing that's going to cause too many problems and across the west looking pretty good as well. we're watching a system develop into the rockies, moving through new mexico and texas tonight and tomorrow and look at the future cast, how it unwinds. it looks calm and start to see this develop across west texas tonight into tomorrow and

seeing snow across i-10 and towards the western parts of i-20 and then a lot of rain and good news, again, texas, the spot probably in the country that needs more precipitation than anything. and over the next few days, pretty significant rain here, two to three inches in some spots that will put a dent in the drought and some rain makes its way to the eastern seaboard and talking rain, we're not talking snow, it's absolutely too warm, but the storm that we're going to watch this we think, is a slow mover and a more active pattern going for us this week. here are the high temps, cooler than yesterday for many and tomorrow, watch across parts of texas and the snow moves in. >> thanks, buddy. >> all right. in the run-up to the new hampshire primary. the residential hopeful based their cases on a number of issues and there is some criticisms over george stephanopoulos's questions as moderator and here is one. >> santorum has been pretty clear in his belief that the supreme court was wrong when it decided the right to

privacy is embedded and far from that believes the states have right to ban contraceptions and should add that he's not recommending that the states do that. >> well-- >> absolutely, i'm giving you your due. >> 10th amendment and-- >> i want to get to that core question. governor romney, do you believe that the states have the right to ban contraception or is that trumped by a constitutional right to privacy. >> george, this is an unusual topic you're raising, but the states have the right to ban contraception, i can't imagine a state banning contraception. >> mike: and here with analysis is former debate coach, president of o'donnell and associates, fred o'donnell. now that michele bachmann is out of the race you can be objective. what do you think of that question, you look as stephanopoulos is asking it, did you see the look on mitt romney's face. >> the same look on my face, wait, wait, what? what did you think of it. >> i think that abc spent about the first hour of the

night last night wasting time and causing viewers to shift over to the football game. >> football game. and i mean, it was unbelievable to me that they spent the first hour, really, marginalizing the candidates. i can't imagine any voters in new hampshire, south carolina or even across the country really care about whether or not the states are going to ban contraception, what they care about are jobs and the economy. >> why did he bring it up. >> dave: to your point, do he think that mitt romney would go after rick santorum? he's hedged a little-- but mitt romney is not one to take that bait and he hasn't been throughout this entire process. >> there's no reason for mitt to take that bait because he's the front runner, why attack someone behind you? i'm sure that that was the reason, to try and make rick santorum look even right wing than he thinks he might be. so it was definitely bait offered up to romney and i don't think he took it, justifiably so. >> alisyn: let's look at the next exchange, newt gingrich

and ron paul over military service. the fact is i never asked for deferment, i was married with a child and never a question my father was serving in the me kong delta: and what it's like as a family to worry about your father getting killed and recent the comments and aspersions he routinely makes and slurs people with. >> i need one quick follow-up. when i was drafting, i was married and had two kids and i went. >> alisyn: okay. if you were ron paul's coach, would you tell him to hit his military service as much as possible, a distinction of his on stage? >> i don't think that's a distinction that folks, voters really care about as well. i think this is another instance of trying to mix something up over an issue voters aren't concerned about. debates are interesting, because people, like going to

a nascar race. they go to see the wrecks and hopes no one dies in the wreck. >> right, right. >> the media tries to get them to mix it up and unfortunately it was over the marine -- miner issues and no one took over subjects, health care. >> how about health cares. >> dave: there wasn't one question about obama care in this entire debate. >> that was interesting. >> dave: who outperformed, with this dynamic of the race and the way that mitt romney has the lead, someone needs to outperform expectation, who did? did anyone? >> i don't think that anyone did. >> dave: not rick per r i? i thought he did well. >> i thought that perry had a good night, but i thought he really, really hurt himself with the iraq answer. >> mike: go back to iraq. >> dave: send troops-- >> and g.o.p. conservatives didn't agree with the president's decision to remove troops out of iraq as fast as he did. but i don't think they have the stomach to go right back in. >> dave: not without immunity, especially.

>> alisyn: and who do you think performed the weakest? >> well, i thought that, you know, i thought that actually santorum missed his moment last night. >> mike: he had a good shot last night. >> dave: where did he miss it? i thought he was pretty substantive. he was substantive answering questions, but look at the things like game shows and get each of the questions right you're missing point of them. you've got to drive the message and all week long, santorum had been talking about his blue collar message, zeroing out tax, manufacturers-- >> is that what you would have urged him? >> absolutely. it's the populace ground that he's got to steal from obama and he's not doing it. >> mike: look at the momentum when he gave the great speech off the cuff it seemed like after the caucuses into iowa. so much motmentum. >> i feel he missed an opportunity. the difference between romney and santorum last night, romney really drove message. he gave out a clear vision for

where he'd take the country and santorum was substantive and great on iran, but missed a moment to really drive a message on why he should be the alternative to romney and why he should be president of the united states and that's what those things are about. >> alisyn: well, you are the former debate coach for michele bachmann and appreciate your expertise. >> dave: we can't wait to get your take of michele bachmann performance last night-- on "saturday night live." we'll ask you later. >> alisyn: go get some coffee. >> mike: don't drink the coffee. [laughter] >> a christian university says that obama care is forcing the school to act against its religious beliefs and now it's suing the federal government. we talk to the university president coming up e it's been exactly one year to the day that that tragic shooting happened in tucson where congresswoman gabby giffords nearly lost her life. her husband, mark kelly, talks to us in just a little bit. my name is robin.

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>> it's exactly one year since a gunman opened fire outside of a tucson grocery store, killing six people and wounding 13 others, including congresswoman gabrielle giffords who has shot in the head. today an emotional day of ceremonies are planned to remember that shooting rampage that shocked the nation. we're joined by congresswoman gifford's husband, mark kelly. "gabby" a story and courage and hope. thank you for being with us. >> it's good to be here. >> alisyn: i remember vividly the news i heard about gabby, i was at my son's fourth birthday party and suddenly parents started getting news alerts on their blackberries and heard there was attempted assassination of an arizona congresswoman and how heart sick and shocked everyone was. and i wonder what you remember most from that day?

>> well, it was an unbelievably shocking day and the phone call that i got from gabby's chief of staff was just, you know, something i'll never forget. you know, i was home in houston with our two daughters and you know, it was, it was just an unbelievable day, a very sad and tragic day. >> alisyn: and yet, you know, now, the country has watched and marvelled at gabby's remarkable recovery. what sorts of things is she doing today that would have seemed unthinkable, even months ago? >> well, she's doing great. i mean, just earlier today we were at a trail that was being dedicated in the name of her staffer that was killed on that day, gabe zimmerman, and she walked a good way down the trail and spoke with a lot of her constituents that were out there and supporters and staff members and you know, she couldn't do that just, you know, three or four months ago, so she continues to make progress every single week and

it's a remarkable thing to watch. >> that's incredible. so let's talk about gabby's future. do you think that she will be able to return to her position as a congresswoman? >> well, she has about four or five months before the signatures are due to run for reelection. and she has, obviously, has a decision to make. she thinks about it often, we talk about it, and you know, she's hopeful that she'll get to a point where she can make a decision to run for reelection and stay in office. >> alisyn: i want to ask you about jared loefner, the shooter that day. there was hearing last may, he was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial. what do you want to see happen with him? >> well, you know, i want to see him, you know, ultimately be punished for his crimes and so he needs to go through the entire path of the criminal

justice system. he's obviously, you know, very mental mentally unstable and you know, suffered from schizophrenia before this happened and after. you know, one of the tragic things about this event is that here was an individual that could have had some kind of treatment and from what we understand when he is treated, you know, he's much more stable than he is than when he's off the medication, but certainly, both gabby and i, you know, want to see him, you know, ultimately, you know, to be punished for what he did that day. >> alisyn: yeah, of course. and one of the things that you and gabby revealed in your memoir, at the time of the shooting, gabby was undergoing fertility treatments because you wanted to have a baby and i'm wondering if you feel able to move forward with that plan? >> well, it's something that certainly isn't out of the question. you know, we have talked about it a number of times. i mean, we speak about it

frequently, but it's not something that we're going to do in the near term. i mean, gabby is really focused on her recovery, getting better, so she can get back to southern arizona, back to washington d.c. and serve her constituents. so, we've got to make that decision first, but it's not something that's out of the question for our future. >> we understand. >> well, mark kelly, thanks so much for coming on and sharing your personal thoughts about this on this important day and we're thinking of you and gabby and wishing you guys all the best. >> thank you very much, alisyn and thank you for having me on the show. >> dave: thanks for coming on, what a guy. >> mike: lights, camera, investigation, dave. >> dave: the white house accused of leaking top secret information about the osama bin laden raid to hollywood. congressman peter king is not happy about that and is next. >> and violating christian rights, one university says the president of that

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>> welcome back everybody, president obama's health care law coming upped attack again. a colorado christian university filing a lawsuit saying the mandate is forcing the school to go against its religious belief. he joins us now from denver, senator, thank you for being us this morning and being with us. >> good morning. >> mike: good morning to you. the first question, how are your religious beliefs being compromised? >> it's very simple. the department of health and human services is requiring private employers, including private religious universities like colorado christian who offer health insurance to their employees, to include in

that coverage, coverage for drugs that produce abortions. this is completely against what ccu and other religious institutions stand for. underlying issue isn't whether you're for or against abortion, that's a controversial matter. the question is, compelling people that hold sincere religious beliefs that violate those beliefs. >> you have a group health plan with the mandate you must offer contraceptives is that right. >> we would be required under this regulation to offer abortion producing drugs. and the importance is they've given exceptions to other companies, like mcdonald's, it not only violates the religious freedom restoration act and 13th and 14th amendments of the constitution and we think we're going to win in the court of law and public opinion. most people whether they're

for or against abortion will see this as fundamentally unfair. >> you really think you've got a shot at this and what has the reaction been since you brought it up out there in colorado? >> well, the reaction from people we talked to, who call or e-mailed the university, actually from all over the country. has been very positive. we haven't had any official reaction from the department yet, so i think we will have shortly. i think this is a case where the administration has just overplayed its hand and they've gone so far that they kind of push it beyond the point of fairness, as well as over the edge legally. >> yeah, well, let's talk about the legal issue here, what are you hearing? is it going to come down to the supreme court? >> well, i don't think it will necessarily get to the supreme court. frankly, we'll win in the district court and if we don't we'll appeal to the 10th circuit and surprised if it got to the supreme court because we think that the department's legal position is not tenable. if what happens in district or

the appeals court actually occurs, i'm doubt feel that the department would push it much beyond that point. >> what's your timetable? >> well, we're eager to get on with it, but of course we're at the mercy of the court and there will be a time for the department to respond and it's not ease toy predict exactly how fast it will come, but it won't drag out for years, and something i would expect to be resolved in the next several months. >> mike: senator, you have a great voice, were you in radio and television. >> actually, i was in both at one time. >> mike: thanks, senator. good luck. >> thanks very much. >> alisyn: thanks so much, mike, you can recognize that voice a mile away. coming up, the obamas apparently hosted a secret wonderland party at the white house while the country was in a recession, this all in a new tell-all book that reveals juicy details. a live report from washington at the top of the hour and it's no secret that women fib about their eating habits, but now there's proof just how

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. >> mike: good morning everyone, it's sunday, january 8th. >> alisyn: i'm alisyn camerota. fending off, attacks and on president obama. >> it's like the rooster taking responsibility for the sunrise. >> alisyn: we have a lot of highlights from the debate

coming up for you. >> dave: and lights, camera, investigation. did the white house leak top secret information about the raid that killed osama bin laden to hollywood film makers? well, congressman peter king is here with why he's trying to get to the bottom of all of this. >> mike: plus, this is going to be good. we're live at the detroit auto show with a sneak peek at never before seen technology coming to a car near you. would you like a car that would text for you. >> yes. >> mike: of course. "fox & friends" our second hour starts right now. ♪ >> good morning, everybody, welcome, mike jerrick. >> mike: great to be back again. >> alisyn: back for the vacationing clayton. >> mike: good to be with you, gretchen. >> alisyn: poor karl rove. >> dave: for those of you watching saturday, karl rove

called her gretchen. >> mike: he can't see. >> alisyn: and that's a slip. he knows who i am. and protect me, that was his goal to protect me from dave and clayton, an altruistic. >> mike: it's fine, juliet. >> dave: wow. meanwhile, folks, if you stayed up and watch the nfl games, we understand why, and we are here to catch you up what happened on the world of politics last night. quite a debate last night on abc as the candidates minus michele bachmann now took to the stage and everyone attempting to try to cut into mitt romney's lead and to try to stop his momentum. ultimately it may have been the commentator had the biggest headlines and water cooler on monday, but let's focus on substance. >> mike: on friday of course the jobs numbers came out 8.5% and you knew that was going to be one of the first questions. in fact, that was one of the first questions and this is how mitt romney responded to those jobs numbers.

>> the president is going to try and take responsibility for things getting better. you know, it's like rooster taking responsibility for the sunrise, he didn't do it. in fact, what he did was make things harder for america to get going again. >> alisyn: most analysis i read this morning said that romney was pretty unflappable ap tried to trip him up and even with the moderator's questions and he had that sort of demeanor the whole time. >> dave: his hair didn't move. that's usually a good sign. >> alisyn: i've never seen it mo of, but yes. something interesting that came up. he was asked about the number he's been using lately about his name at bain capital. a private equity firm and steams they have to close some companies that are not doing well and sometimes they build and create companies so he was asked by george stephanopoulos, the moderator about the number 100,000 jobs that mitt romney has said he created during-- >> net creation. >> alisyn: was that just jobs created and you haven't sub kt

tra -- subtracted the jobs lost. >> in the business i had we invested in over 100 different bests and net-net taking out the ones where we lost jobs and those businesses now have added over 100,000 jobs. >> but i think it's a legitimate part of the debate to say on balance were people better off or people worse off this particular style of investment? >> look, the number 100,000, i will give to you is dubious, many have, i think, debunked that number. >> alisyn: there have been a couple of fact check organizations and fact check and abc fact checked the candidate's answers and say what's more accurate the answer he gave to the boston globe in 1994 while he was at bain capital in the middle of tenure when he said 10,000. >> dave: okay. the bottom line to me you're walking a thin line as a conservative criticizing someone in private equity. this is free enterprise, this is our system at work. whether you like it or not, if

you are a republican this is the type of thing you acknowledge is for the better. as you said. some are failures and some are winners. we don't want government pecking the losers and winsers. i don't know if gingrich can criticize that. >> mike: the bain capital. companies like staples, sports authority. >> dave: that's one of his ultimate. >> alisyn: success stories, yes. >> dave: a steel company he led. >> mike: right, and some people lost their jobs, and so, i guess, what he's saying net-net, is 100,000. >> alisyn: that's what he's saying though people take issue. >> mike: a far cry from 10,000. >> alisyn: it's hard to know adding this up and subtracting, it's a number that he stuck with last night. >> dave: and the guy everyone looking to in addition to rick santorum is newt gingrich, can he get back his mo-jo and challenge mitt romney in terms of the narrative of this election? here is gingrich last night appealing to the basements

since we spent this time -- this much time on the issue. media bias, should the catholic church be forced to close adoption services in massachusetts because it won't accept gay couples, should the catholic church be driven out of the providing charitable services because it won't give in to secular bigotry. should the catholic church be discriminated against by the obama administration on key services because of the bias and bigot r i question. the bigotry question goes both ways and a lot more anti-christian bigotry than the other side and none of it gets covered. >> dave: well, absolutely. >> mike: shake it up. >> dave: very thoughtful and thorough answer about newt gingrich, 20, 30 minutes earlier he was quoting the new york times and how they had attacking romney's time at bain capital.

if you're going to criticize the media and quote them. >> alisyn: we get a little-- has he watched fox news? has he watched the stories that we do about this, of all the time we talk to the panel on "fox & friends" about this earlier? >> well, newt gingrich when he said marriage is a sacrament. i don't want to be mean. i don't know if he should be the ideal role model for marriage. >> santorum doesn't have the money and didn't do well, got defensive. >> i don't think anyone can touch mitt romney, i think it's a done deal. he won iowa and he's going to win new hampshire. >> alisyn: all right. so, meanwhile, one of the questions that was asked, and this is interesting, why rick santorum, in the past, endorsed mitt romney, whom he now disagrees with so vehemently. >> dave: the kicker here, this is not part of the debate and it should have been a great question. it came during the huckabee show that was on about the sam time. mike huckabee asked i think

the most interesting question of the evening, which is, yes, rick santorum, if you're so against mitt romney and his message, why did you endorse him less than four years ago. here is what he said. >> i was looking for someone, candidly, to stop john mccain, i knew even as the president, he would not be frankly the candidate we need today change the problems that we had in this country so i was looking for someone at the last minute to stop the being m cane train and ultimately that's why i stepped on with mitt romney. >> okay. >> dave: the problem with that answer, if you're rick santorum, you need the voters to vote with their conservative convictions not because they want to stop someone. >> alisyn: and not because of electability. >> dave: i guess that's my point. >> mike: probably so. everybody looking for endorsements, john huntsman got a pretty good endorsement, the boston globe. remember gary bauer, he ran for president in 2004? >> 2000. >> mike: it's been that far back. >> alisyn: time flies. >> mike: but he has now

endorsed rick santorum and believes he's the true confident. i'm confident rick santorum will end the obama era and proud and excited to endorse rick santorum would be the 2012 presidential nominee. what does he run. >> alisyn: american values, campaign for working values, i guess. he's an evangelical leader. ap that's important and everyone is fighting over the evangelical vote. >> dave: i don't think that means much. i think that evangelicals are going to santorum. he's a reagan official, but he thinks that santorum represents reagan conservativism that means because frin newt gingrich. >> alisyn: with that mantle-- well, believe it or not there's other news besides politics. we start with reports that iran started uranium enrich. at a new site and a hard line newspaper says it's a well protected underground facility. the main uranium site is built

only partially underground. and iran is under sanctions. and that's a charge that tehran denies. an afghan investigative commission is accusing the u.s. of refusing detainees. held at gitmo for their custody. this is the latest in an ongoing dispute over hundreds of accused taliban and al-qaeda operatives. last week, the u.s. reportedly agreed to release high ranking taliban officials from the prison in exchange for an agreement by the afghan insurgents for a political offense in qatar. investigators say the information cannot be used in afghan support. talk about a scary situation. a package sent to a colorado couple explodes sending the wife and husband to the hospital. she picked up the box left on her doorstep and put in her vehicle and she and her husband eventually got in the car and drove two blocks

before it exploded on her lap. right now, investigators believe they were targeted. a new york city mother left brain damaged by a terrifying teenage prank. you remember mayor she left a target and two 12 year old boys dropped a shopping cart on her head from four stories up and she suffers from short-term memory loss and unable to care for herself. and a source close to hems says she's not bitter about the attack and hopes her story will raise even more awareness to troubled youth. >> mike: forgiveness. >> alisyn: those are your headlines. >> mike: let's talk about a royal party foul. you've got it, dave. >> dave: i've got it. >> mike: check out the new york post front page has the president as the mad hatter from alice in wonderland. and a new tell-all book outing the obamas for allegedly having a lavish alice themed

halloween party 2009 during the recession of,could. >> dave: and let's get to our own mad hatter peter doocy. >> mike: peter, turn your mic on. he's his mic. >> can you hear me? hear me now? and the halloween party was apparently a hit with everyone who attended about you not popular with white house staffers because it was so extravagant, they felt it might make the first family out of touch. and we've got advanced package from the book, white house officials were so nervous how the splashy halloweenesque party would like or their members in congress that would soon vote on health care, it was not discussed publicly. and now, johnny depp was standing on a table at the party greeting guests, dressed as the mad hatter from alice and wonderland and the remake

he was starring it in at the time. tim burrton, the director of that movie outfitted the entire state dining room in his quote, signature creepy comic stool and another part talks about how former press secretary robert gibbs would be on the lookout for stories that might make his bosses look bad like john edwards $400 hair cut did. so the party remained under wraps for two years until the book came out and now the white house is dismissing its stories, saying the author, jody chapter never interviewed the obamas and emotions thoughts and private moments in the books seemingly ascribed to the president and first lady reflects little more than the author's own thoughts and the book says at the party, the president did not dress up, he wore a sweater, but the first lady wore a leopard sweater, cat ears and sparkling eye makeup. >> alisyn: wow, did you say a leopard sweater with cat ears

and-- >> sounds like a weekend over halloween. >> mike: and over to rick now, boy, yesterday was fantastic. >> alisyn: it was fantastic e in new york. >> dave: i had a short sleeved shirt. >> 62 degrees in new york city in january. another warm day, but the northern plains, warm. it will be well above average. the winter is in texas and new mexico ap that's where the winter has been and santa ana winds and fear threats to california today. here is your high temperatures. not looking bad. we've got to figure out where winter is and if it's ever going to get here. al lyisyn pay attention to this this really, really cold arctic air and you notice by wednesday, the temps dropping and we'll see them in the northern plains and get at least to the averages and move closer into thursday and friday, we're going to start to see that cold air get very, very close to the northeast and i think we're going to be looking at a pattern shift and wondering where winter is, i

think that winter is coming starting next weekend and we could get into an active pattern and maybe some snow finally across parts of the northeast. >> alisyn: how dare you. number two, just change the color. you do the math. >> i could change the colors. that's controllable. cold shouldn't be red. >> alisyn: and still ahead, we've been talking about iowa and new hampshire and they are nothing compared to south carolina. that's up next and why that state matters when it comes to securing the nomination. >> mike: and give us more funding, the message that the u.s. schools are sending. the latest lawsuits over public education. . >> dave: plus, they've got everyone's attention. rick santorum's sweater vests. >> alisyn: they are now blogging. >> dave: the vest has gone viral, are they the secret to his success. >> mike: it's on twitter. >> dave: and facebook. >> alisyn: i'm doing that right now. ♪ hit me with your best shot, fire away ♪

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>> santorum has been clear in his belief that the supreme court was wrong when it decided the right to privacy was embedded and farther, he believes the state has the right to ban couldn't essential and add he's not recommending the states. >> i did not do that-- >> i'll be clear and giving your due. >> talking about the 10th amendment and the rights-- >> i do want to get to the core question. governor romney do you believe the states have the right to ban contraception or is that trumped by a constitutional right to privacy? >> george, this is an unusual topic you're raising, but the states have the right to ban contraception, i can't imagine states banning a right to contraception. >> and a former speech writer for george w. bush. >> he looks amused. >> were you throwing things at your tv last night. >> abc news was just unbelievable. we're at war and we're at war in afghanistan, the economy is in the tank, iran is building a nuclear weapon and spent half the debate talking about

conception ap gay marriage, know the a question about entitlement and debt and obama care, it's all conception for abc news. >> mike: mark, what do you think was the idea there, the point of all of that. >> bets me. i think maybe abc news wants to portray republicans as hating women and gays. and is basically all i can come up with. so, it was one of the worst debates we've had in terms of the questioning and i think, if you watch, following twitter last night a pretty clear consensus on that. >> alisyn: so you don't give the moderators high marks and what about the candidates? who did you think was the winner and loser? >> i think that mitt romney without a doubt was the winner. unless it was in mandarin and we didn't understand it, no one touched or laid a finger 0en the guy. and paul called gingrich a draft dodger. gingrich called paul a liar. paul attacked santorum and ro many any sat there and smiled and every time they came to

him he says all of these guys would be better than obama and obama is the problem and turned it on obama and took a page out of the gingrich's play book and attacked the media in the exchange with stephanopoulos. look it, he's in the lead, and according to the polls, he's pulling away from the rest of the pack. unless somebody brings him down or he stumbles in some way, he wins. >> mike: it looks like he may be the first candidate ever to take iowa, new hampshire and south carolina, albeit iowa by eight points. >> absolutely. >> mike: ron paul went after newt gingrich and santorum and has ron paul said knicks the head guy, if i come in second, a chance in south carolina? what's the point. nobody really went after mitt romney. >> it was surprising to me. look, i think most of the candidates except ron paul did pretty well and i think that santorum had a very good night and handled his first night as the official pinata of the republican party, took some blows and lanned some and perry a very good night as well, but it doesn't matter if they have a good night because romney is positioned right now to run away with this

nomination and he could have it locked up by january 31st. if he wednesday iowa, new hampshire and south carolina, going into florida he'll be almost unstoppable. >> alisyn: speaking of which, only a couple of seconds left. mark. >> sure. >> alisyn: did anything last night, a game changer for what's going to happen in south carolina. >> i don't think there was, no, i think they needed to bring down mitt romney going into south carolina or have him stumble and it didn't happen. >> mark, thank you. >> all right, thank you. >> mike: ahead, did the white house leak top secret information about the raid that killed osama bin laden to hollywood film makers? congressman peter king is here to talk about that one. >> alisyn: plus, do women sugar coat the truth, mike, when it comes to their diet? what? a new study says yes. and it's calling out how often they fib. we have the details. >> mike: i saw a ding-dong in your purse. ♪

>> welcome back. a blockbuster bin laden movie is headed to the big screen. questions remain over whether the white house leaked top secret information about the raid to the film makers. joining us now the man who sparked the investigation, congressman peter king. chairman of the house committee. good morning, congressman. how are you doing. >> we're doing great. and the defense department decided to move forward with a full scale investigation why? >> obviously, the defense department must have felt there was enough evidence, enough probable cause to go forward with the investigation. i called for this investigation last august based on several things. one, when the movie was first announced you had liberal columnists like maureen dowd saying it was unprecedented access being given to

hollywood, and to sony, and that was a follow-up to so much other classified informaon. very damaging information that appeared in may, june and july, in the media that had been leaked out by someone in the administration and now thought of having a film, where they would actually be access to very damaging information be made public, i thought it was important for the defense department to look into it. now, i had no hard evidence other than what we saw in the media, that there was a need for an investigation, and i asked the defense department to look into it and the inspector general sent me a letter two weeks ago, saying that based on what they found so far, they're now going to have a full investigation. so this isn't my investigation, this is the republican investigation. >> you've turned it over. >> and president obama's own administration, yeah. >> we have a statement from the film maker, satisfying, our upcoming film project, in the pursuit of bin laden, the worse in many years and the collective efforts of me administrations and including

those of clinton, bush and obama and the cooperative strategies and implementation by the department of defense and the ceo. if in fact, confidential information was leaked to the film makers, why did they do this? it was supposed to come out right ahead of the election? >> yeah, first of all, the sony executives, strong supporters of president obama. the film was intended to come out just before the election and i'm going to say, even motives here and this could be the administration, wanting to boost the president's image. it was giving that information to make him look good and they did that, again, back in may, june and july. and in newspaper and magazine stories, who's had tremendous amount of very classified sensitive information, and as a result, some of that information, there are now people in jail in pakistan, because we gave up people who were helping us and also, you know, hoping with hollywood and yesterday in the new york times, page one of the art section, the top story was about this. there was not one even hint of any concern that american lives could be lost, that

american troops could be put at risk, that our-- >> quickly, before we go, sorry to interrupt. is this new? hasn't there long been a working relationship to the pentagon and go back to the movie "top gun", they give hollywood better deals on planes and things to have some input on scripts? hasn't there always been some type of working relationship? >> i have no problem with that, but you can't be giving out sensitive information and clearly the defense department believes they need better procedures in place and otherwise wouldn't be going ahead with the investigation. the administration has gone over board with sensitive class tied information and that's damaging to the troops and the lives and security of americans troops have to come before hollywood. >> very interesting, keep us up-to-date as this investigation continues and we know that the movie moved to a december release after the election, but thank you.

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shared have been unforgettable. in polk county i met with a group of 50 newly sworn in citizens. in cass county i spoke at an event with only one person in the audience. [laughter] >> in humbolt county i accidentally wandered into a cornfield seven feet high and became lost more than 18 hours. >> alisyn: funny sufficient from andy samberg on "saturday night live" and indicative of rick santorum's sartorial style. >> dave: the sweater vest. >> alisyn: and you two have taken part. >> dave: the vest has gone virals. we want your thoughts how we look in them. >> mike: not too bad. >> dave: if you want to follow the vest, you can do it on twitter, it has its own twitter feed. rick's vest on twitter and facebook page, does the vest. its own youtube video and here is a taste of the rather awful

youtube video, if you can. ♪ yeah, it's not great, but it does highlight, and the youtube video is called, sleeve slow me you down and rick santorum, he's so fiscally conservative, he won't have sleeves. >> mike: what does it evoke. >> alisyn: i'm warm, i'm fuzzy and new york times, "the washington post" and glamour magazine have focus on the vest and found out from rick santorum he's not anti-sleeves, he says, he just prefers sleeveless. >> dave: here is what he told laura ingram on the radio. >> i was at a speech two weeks ago and it's one of the-- i just happened to wear a sweater vest that day and the speech went over very, very

well and if there was one event that i would have to say that really began the moment, it was that speech. now, and i think most people recognize that here and so, all of a sudden, the sweater vest was, like fear the vest. [laughter] >> there is a twitter, isn't there, hash fear the vest, check it out. >> dave: here are some of the tweets. pundits now admit that they missed, underestimate rick's sweater vest power. one sample tweets. >> mike: rumor has it there's a shortage of sweater vests and santorum supporters are stocking up. >> alisyn: we're going to do our part to make the sweater vest cool. >> dave: be honest. >> alisyn: i'll be honest, oh, wow, make that stop, stop that. >> that's terrifying. i wouldn't wear olive green on gray, veto, that's just me. with you, you look like a new

college student headed off to ivy league somewhere, very preppy and very serious. >> yeah, that's good. >> mike: back in my past. >> alisyn: no. >> mike: maybe in the early 80's, i would wear a sweater vest. >> alisyn: did you really. >> dave: i can see that. you rock it rather well. >> mike: what could be an homage to the second amendment, the right bare arms. >> dave: out standing. [laughter]. >> alisyn: all day. >> dave: let us know what you think about the sweater vest gone viral, can we pull it off and will it continue to go up like santorum. >> alisyn: can a girl wear a sweater vest. can i. >> dave: negative. there's our twitter address, look at reichmuth, he looks good in it, too. >> alisyn: you do. >> i like them. i've got to say, they're great and i'm warm in the spots where i need to be warm around your core. >> dave: did you come before or after the santorum trend?

did you pre-date him. >> for sure, after, let's be real. >> alisyn: one minute ago. >> i don't mind it, i kind of like his look, it's a good, comfortable look. >> alisyn: there you go. >> mike: it kind of hides the belly, you know what i mean. >> alisyn: or accentuate. >> i think it accentuates it. >> alisyn: you look good. >> it accentuates it, let's be honest. i'm stamping outside, january 8th and kind of all you need is a sweater vest outside in the northeast this morning and now what? in honor of santorum and his sweater vest, here is look a the tuesday's forecast for new hampshire, not a bad day overall. the northern half of the state of new hampshire is going to see a few light snow showers, not any big snowstorm there, but a little bit of snow out on the roads and you're used to it up there. and southern half of the state you're looking pretty good. that's for tuesday, for your voting day. today, also looking good across the northeast, a little bit of light snow across areas

to the far north and that's light and temps across the coastal areas and 50's, lower 40's and somewhere there. headed to the southeast, we're going to remain unsettled and showers on and off and temps not that bad. and 78 in new orleans, 80 in brownsville. 68 in austin looking good and showers towards the north, northern plains i tell you what, this is where the warm air has been bottled up and it's going to change by wednesday. but for the meantime, enjoy the temperatures that are going to be pretty nice and down across areas of the west and the snow is across areas of new mexico today. maybe the white mountains of ear air and tonight, that shls down across parts of texas. and california looking good and we will see pretty strong winds today. guys, if you stand outside long enough in a sweater vest it starts to get chilly and i'm going to come in now. >> alisyn: i understand, your arms. >> mike: plus, women are starting to flock. >> it's crazy out here. >> alisyn: protect yourself, rick, run in. run in there. >> dave: and rick has to beat

them off with a stick, get security man. >> alisyn: get in here, rick. right to your headlines and tell you what news is happening. and urning mo-- mourning the death of a group of national guardsmen. officials say it happened when the vehicle struck a roadside bomb they were working to clear a supply route of the bombs. staff sergeant jonathan mess kerr, brian lineheart, and christopher patterson, and patterson's mother says he did not have to go, but he felt a calling to serve. when they got news at that the unit was activated, he says i have to do it. i didn't sign up to just stay in school or get an education. i did this to help my country. >> alisyn: and this is the largest number of guardsmen's death since 2005. half the schools in texas are calling on the state to pay up. suing after the state made

more than 5 billion dollars in cuts from school budgets last year, and they aren't alone. a wave of states are asking courts to order more spending of public education and sweeping the u.s. and suits are pending in california, florida and kansas and schools say they're facing new pressures after the cuts and whites are adding more rigorous standards to education. a california woman who shop lifted, says a brain tumor made her doing it, stealing $2500 worth of clothing back in october. at the time she says she was distracted by a cell phone call, but now says it was actually a benign tumor affecting her judgment and she says that tumor is now gone and she plans on staying in office until her term it up later in the year. in emotional reunion in end indiana, sisters were separated nearly 50 years ago.

>> hope evers and jaemy connor two of seven soldiers taken from their home by child welfare services on christmas day in 1965 and wanted to reunite ever since. >> i just wanted so much just to look at her. >> i couldn't remember names, i couldn't remember faces, i knew i wanted to go home. >> alisyn: hope and jamie starting a face book page in hopes of reuniting with the rest of their five sisters and located three of them already. incredible. everybody can breathe easy now because alec baldwin is back on twitter. oh, the hot tempered actor reactivated the account and twoo et -- tweeting up a storm. he was blasting america americans for kicking him off of a flight because he wouldn't shut off his ipad,

iphone. >> words with friends. >> alisyn: all is right now, he's back on. >> dave: and we're all on twitter, individually and collectively at ff weekend. up next, the future of the keystone pipeline lays in the hands of the president. what happens if he rejects it? that's next. >> mike: then why text when your car can do it for you? yes, we're live at the north american international auto show in detroit. >> dave: there's a car on the sidewalk. that's good, too. >> alisyn: that's wrong. >> going the wrong way. ♪

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1.83 million dollars how much this penny went for at auction in florida. the pure copper penny, one of the very first penny he is minted here in the united states and finally, 474, how many times women lie about their diet each year. more than once a day. and that's according to a survey out of the united kingdom. one of the most common lies women tell every day, i'll start my diet tomorrow. here is my favorite. >> alisyn: that's not a lie, i plan to start it tomorrow. >> mike: really? monday. >> alisyn: thanks, mike. >> mike: sure. >> alisyn: the clock is ticks as you may know for president obama. less than two months to decide the future of the keystone xl pipeline. support essay the project will create jobs and pave the way for u.s. energy independence, what if the president decides to listen to environmentalists and reject it. joaning us now to weigh in is the president and ceo of the petroleum institute, jack girard. thanks for being here.

>> as you know the environmentalists aren't comfortable with the building the pipeline for a host of reasons and think it will contaminate some of the ground. what do you think will happen if the president goes along with their version of it? >> he think there will be political consequences if the president fails to approve the largest shovel ready job in the country today. the keystone xl pipeline will immediately create 20,000 jobs and the pipeline is under what we call a project labor agreement which means those jobs are prepared for organized labor individuals who are already trained and ready to go. and this is part of his key constituency. but more importantly, these jobs will come online immediately and also make us more energy secure. so, for the president to say i'm going to reject jobs to satisfy a very small vocal minority, i believe, will have political consequences.

>> alisyn: you say 20,000 jobs, the estimation of trans canada who obviously creates the pipeline. the state department uses other numbers, 5,000 to 6,000 direct jobs, but many of those temporary. do you think that that should weigh in the president's calculation 0en this? >> alisyn, what's important about this conversation, everyone concludes it will create jobs and at a time over 8% unemployment in this country with close to 25 million people, unemployed or underemployed, any job creating opportunity needs to be look at seriously. and so, whether it's 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, these are new american jobs and we shouldn't just dismiss them widely. but the second point is these jobs will facilitate upwards of 500,000 permanent jobs between now and 2030. and this pipeline is a 7 billion dollar investment that will go 1700 miles across the

heartland of the united states and feed transportation work, construction work, refinery work, and bring fuels to the u.s. economy. >> i want to read you a statement from the epa. because it sounds like they're not objecting from this statement. listen to this, potentially environmental effects of the proposed pipeline have been assessed on both sides of the international border. the national energy board of canada determines the proposed project a necessity. it goes on, saying provided that the board's terms and conditions presented in the project certificate are met. so, it sounds like an amount of time has been taken to assess the situation, and that the epa, at least, is comfortable moving forward. is that your interpretation of this? >> that's right, alisyn. in fact, one of the great ironies, surrounding this controversy, the pipeline has been under environmental review for three years and had two comprehensive environmental assessments and the state department has already concluded it will have no significant environmental

impact. and the only determination the president has to make is if the pipeline is in the national interest. and that's all he has to do is say, yes, it's in our national interest and the project moves forward. it's no longer about the environment. those considerations have already been looked at, and have been met. and just like the statements you read from the epa. everybody concludes we can do this safely and in an environmentally responsible way, we've just got to have the political will to say yes and immediately create 20,000 new american jobs. >> jack girard the president of the american petroleum institute. thanks for coming in and we'll see what the president decides. >> thank you, alisyn. >> remember the bitter divorce scene from the war of the roses? >> i mean, it oliver. come on! >> and that looks unpleasant. according to lawyers, divorce

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>> hi, mike, how are you? this show doesn't open to the press until tomorrow. i'm pretty sure i should have a hard hat on. i don't, but we have a sneak peek for you at the detroit auto show and covering this for a lot of years and never this amount of enthusiasm and this amount of technology that's trickling down to the inside of our cars. let's talk about that, it's called hue from cadillac right here in the gm booth. acronym for cadillac user experience. they're going to integrate info tanment, navigation and even their own app store and download the apps and customize your dashboard and make it look however you want and then put all of that information if you want right in the windshield like a fighter pilot. look for it coming to the cadillac year near you. and the volvo. a plug in high pretty good and use it in hybrid mode or

premium brand from volvo and see that hopefully within the next two years and i spoke to volvo yesterday and they don't want to be known as the statement car, but one of the coolest, i tend to agree. from ford, check out the new escape. the best selling s.u.v. in earthquake m and check it out, mike, your hands are full of grocery, put your foot on the bumper and tailgate goes up, and load the back in and the eco boost engine and a lot of people see this, and show rooms in months and infinity, the 2013 infinity jx. s.u.v. crossover, i like it a lot. it's got what's called auto braking and backup collision intervention. and you go to back up and something is behind you, automatically puts on the brakes and the second row moves up. you don't have to move anything. just like a super athlete wants to make sure they have the right footwear and michelin saying you want to make sure you have good tires and we know that, what this tire apparently does is last

95,000 miles. called the defender and michelin telling us yesterday they're extending the life of their tires, given what's going on with people keeping their cars longer and 31 foot stopping distance and they say it will save you $250 a year on fuel. a lot going on here at cobo hall in detroit. as i said a long time since i've seen if many people saying that the auto industry is it back and based upon sales and you know this, more people are buying cars, back to you. >> mike: and this is not your first day on tv, is it? >> no, it's my second. i warmed up yesterday. am i doing all right? >> that was excellent. thank you, thank you, doug from detroit. >> mike: coming up on the show, we talk debate winners and losers with chris wallace and talking about the highlights of this show coming up and she's definitely feeling the love this morning. beyonce and jay-z's bundle of joy arrived and they had a girl last night. yeah. ♪

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heels of last night' debates and will the gloves come off this time? we're live in new hampshire with the highlights for you. >> while you were struggling to put food on the table or pay the electric bill. the first family was living in wonderland, literally. reportedly partying in secret hollywood style. >> mike: is your marriage reminiscent of kathleen turner and michael douglas in war of the roses? >> i mean, it oliver. come on, i dare you, don't worry, you're not alone. if your marriage is a little bit shaky, we have some simple ways to get your marriage back on track this morning. "fox & friends," our third hour, starts right now. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. thanks so much for joining us for your debate recap from

last night. >> dave: right. >> alisyn: which we appreciate. before we get to politics, a nonsec ter. nothing to do with anything. took my five-year-old, and he turned five to see spider-man. >> dave: the broadway show. >> alisyn: the broadway show. >> dave: 3 million dollars in one week. >> alisyn: it's a tour deforce, it was spectacular, and if you're coming to see a show, it's terrific and the staff was so nice. my son's friend was four. from it started i don't like this i'm scared and the staff staff took care of him. so sweet. and it's called calling at the box office. >> dave: and rocking the sweater vest, mike jerrick. i fear jerrick's vest. we start with the g.o.p. field and the republican presidential candidates, another debate hours after facing off last night and molly line, live in new hampshire this morning, a recap of an interesting night out for the debaters. >> alisyn: absolutely.

>> dave: and the commentlators. >> alisyn: right. and the vest was another big show. >> this was one to watch as well pt and we saw this going into this. mitt romney was a front runner, a pin cushion that he would take the hits. it didn't turn out that way. it was a respectful debate and the candidates battling for second place in new hampshire according to the polls took the time to go after one another about their spending, about cap and trade, about national security so they covered the gamut and social issues which doesn't necessarily apply as much new hampshire where there are fiscal conservatives, but an interesting discussion looking to south carolina where the voters are more conservative. let's kick off with ron paul taking a dig at rick santorum, listen to this. >> a big spender, that's all there is to it. you're a big government conservative and you don't vote for, you know, right to work, and these very important things, and that's weakens the economy. to say you're a conservative i think is a stretch, but you've

convinced a lot of people, and point out your record. >> and kind of a big dig on rick santorum there, throughout his career, rick santorum has portrayed himself as the existing conservative and ron paul says hey, not so fast. you're a spender, last night. rick santorum says you know what? i was representing my state in congress and of course trying to do the best for my state and bring some money home, he was unapolojettic. >> i would send troops back into iraq because i tell you i think we start talking with the iraqi individuals there, i think it's a huge error for us, we're going to see iran, in my opinion, move back in at literally the speed of light. they're going to move back in and all of the work that we've done, every young man that has lost his life in that country

will have been for nothing because we've got a president that does not understand. >> reporter: you know, this was a, you know, exceptionally bold statement on the part of the texas governor. it will be interesting to see how well it's received. ron paul is doing pretty well here in new hampshire and running second place behind mitt romney according to the polls, mitt romney still has a commanding lead and a much more, as you may have noticed over the course of this campaign. a much more conservative stance as far as what our military should be doing around the world, which essentially amounts to much less really. so, big disagreements on those type of subjects. one of the most testy exchanges between john huntsman and mitt romney, regarding china and trade. take a listen. >> we do have to get along, but i'm also going to tell the chinese, it's time to stop. you have to play by the rules, i will not let you kill american jobs any longer. >> i think the support as they say in china "speaking

chinese] >> he doesn't understand the situati situation. >> reporter: there was another subject that came up, a serious subject, but seemed to be a little bit of levity here on the topic of contraception and the constitution and state's rights. take a listen to mitt romney. >> george, this is an unusual topic that you're raising, states have a right to ban contraception, i can't imagine a state banning contraception, and i can't imagine the circumstances where the state would want to do so and if i were the governor or legislator of a state i would oppose any effort to ban contraception. given the fact there's no state that wants to do so and i don't know of any candidates that wants to do so could it constitutionally be done. we can ask our constitutionalist here. [laughter] >> contraception? it's working just fine, leave it alone. >> the candidates seemed to be a bit in wonder about that

question. where that one was coming from. the funny thing about last night' debate. there's another debate this morning and shows how much shelf life that will have. last night if some of the guys didn't get the digs in they wanted to get. they might do it this morning. guys, back to you. >> alisyn: thank you so much for that thorough recap of everything that happened last night. we'll see you again next hour. let's get right to your headlines and what else is happening outside of politics, a new report that iran started uranium enrichment at a site. the site is a well protect underground facility. it built only partially underground and iran is under sanctions for refusing to stop uranium enrichment. that's a charge at that tehran denies. a mysterious package in colorado explodes and sending a husband and wife to the hospital with severe burns. alisyn stone picked up the box on her doorstep and put it in

the vehicle. she and her husband got in the car and two blocks before it exploded on her lap. and investigators believe the couple was targeted. you're looking at new video exclusive to fox news of arizona congresswoman gabby giffords. last night she returned for the first time to that safeway store in tucson. the same place where shots rang out exactly one year ago today. killing six people, injuring 12 as well as the congresswoman. earlier on "fox & friends," gabby's husband mark kelly told us how he found out about the shooting that day. >> it was an unbelievably shocking day and the phone call i got from the chief of staff, something i'll never forget. you know, it was, it was just an unbelievable day. a very sad and tragic day. >> and this morning, church bells are sit to ring at 10:11. that's the time that the gunman, jared loefner, opened fire and a candlelight vigil will be held tonight in memory of the victims.

coming up next hour on "fox & friends" we're going to talk to gifford's intern. daniel hernandez, you remember him from that day, credited with saving the congresswoman's life. just wul her bee-mom-say. and she reportedly gave birth to a little girl ivy blue carter. she and husband jay-z rented out an entire floor of the lennox hospital for 1.3 million dollars, that's how they roll, as you know. and mom and daughter are said to be doing just fine. i'm guessing ivy is like a grandmother's name. one of their mom's name. >> i'm realizing the carter. ivy blue. >> alisyn: otherwise it would be ivy blue z. >> that's just cool. >> alisyn: well, it is. >> he can be bluesy at times. >> alisyn: and you are. >> dave: an interesting trend in terms of names this coming year. >> mike: check it out in the new york post, what tweedle-dum, what is that headline about and why does the president look like the mad hatter?

>> well, the new york post is having fun with the new tell-all book and apparently a big hollywood party, a lavish festive party in 2009. which of course was in the middle of the recession. >> mike: sure. >> alisyn: so the book outlines how over the top it was. >> dave: peter doocy told us about the rift between michelle obama and staffers in the white house today and about a party. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dave. this party was invitation only and big time director, tim burton and johndy deb, it was not popular in the white house. here is why, according to the book by jody cantor, white house officials were nervous how the flashy hollywoodesque party would look to jobless americans or their representatives in congress, the event was not discussed

publicly and burrton and dep's contributions went unacknowledged. and the president and first lady welcoming trick-or-treaters with the white house, and you can see in his sweater and the first lady dressed as a leopard with cat ears and the real party was inside, for officials and kids of military service members where johnny depp was dressed as the mad hatter welcoming guests and in the state dining room, according to the author, fit perfectly with tim burrton's creepy comic style. but the white house is dismissing all of cantor's claims, even though she interviewed 30 staffers for the piece since she hasn't interviewed the obamas since 2009, the white house says this is the author's take reflecting her own opinions on a remarkably strong

relationship between the president and first lady, both whom share an unwavering commitment to each other and improving the lives of americans and one more note about how elaborate and expensive this was, you see chewbacca in the background. the party had george lucas send the original chewbacca, that's not a costume from party city. that's from the personal collection of the creator of "star wars" and we know the suit was there and he's got his arms up. we do not know who was wearing it. back to you. >> alisyn: what do you wearing it? chewbacca is real. >> reporter: it's real. >> dave: and david axlerod, peter? >> i have no idea. >> dave: don't go-- >> find out next hour. >> mike: thanks, peter. let's get to rick and weather. >> let's do that. >> i'm sure it was-- chewy get to the woke. >> who else is chewbacca? come on. here are your tempts this morning.

it's not that bad. and loose parts of alaska, at some point it's going to feel like winter. across the southeast, not today. we had some showers and thunderstorms and maybe severe weather today and no big problems, but we did see a little bit of hail, maybe from the strong winds and across the west you're looking pretty good and the snow across eastern arizona receipt -- right now. and four to six inches of snow in midland, texas, the total for the year, 18 or 19 inches which is more than anybody in the northeast has had. so, quite a bit of snow there, once again, and this is how the storm plays out and look at the future cast for the storm and develops here overnight into tomorrow across texas where we need the rain and this is where they're going to get it and rain maker across the eastern seaboard, wednesday aen thursday and behind that, the cold air comes in and we'll feel like winter. back to you. >> okay, midland texas more snow than anyone in the

northeast. >> it's going to change. >> it's going to change. >> we hope, we hope. >> it's the beginning of winter. >> up next, chris wallace joins us with his picks for the debates, winners and losers. >> then, checking out baby names, wait until you hear about the latest high-tech trend for naming the little bundle of joy. and no, it's not the name seven. comes up, seven. ♪ comes up, seven. ♪ our environment. or zero dependency on forei oil. ♪ this is why we at nissan built a car inspired by zero. because zo is worth everything. the zero gas, 100% electric nissan leaf.

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>> hey, fresh off last night's g.o.p. candidate's debate, well. >> alisyn: we have the follow-up ap the reaction. >> mike: we have the follow-up. >> dave: an interesting night. >> mike: a lot of you watched the football game, i'm guessing. >> dave: i think a lot of them did. >> mike: let' bring up exactly what happened and chris wallace i'm sure watched the debate last night. i'm not sure. you're a fooootall fan. >> alisyn: be honest. >> no, no, i watched the first hour from 8 to 9 of fooootall and then watched the debate from 9 to 10 and then, this is fascinating television and then i went to bed. >> dave: and you caught the 9 to 10 hour. then maybe you, who has moderated many a presidential debate yourself. maybe you can explain to me what you think and it's just an opinion, what george

stephanopoulos was going for when he added the water cooler moment of this debate, when he asked mitt romney about states overturning or banning. >> >> m. >> mik: contraception. >> dave: contraception. was he trying to get romney to go after santorum here? >> honestly, i don't have a clue. i thought it was like the lost half hour. in fact, i kept thinking as i was watching that half hour, i i' missing pro football, the playoffs for this? i mean, look, we know where these guys stand on these issues and i think you can spend a little time, but before you get into the economy andou obs and all of that, to spend all of this time on contraception, really? >> chris, i mean, was what he was doing, i i' curious about this, because you've moderated debates. don't you all do a practice antn. do you bounce your questions off of each other? in other words, he didn'tou ust make that up. that was a question that obviously the political department wanted and i wonder if it's because they were sort

of telegraphing south carolina's social issues? >> again, i think social issues are legitimate, but i don't know that there's a raging dpdeate in this country about whether or not, you know, that was really the point that romney made, why are we even talking about this? nobody wants to ban contraception, obviouhat catholic church is against it, but no state wants to ban contraception, w, tha is this even a discussion. i didn't get it and the candidates didn't seem to get it and by the end the audience didn't seem to get it, but, you know, everybody works their side of the street. >> mike: cnedis, i'm starting to get frustrated because so much time on that, and not questions on health care. >> dave: no questions on obama care. >> mike: and knew they would jump on theou obs nns ober 8.5% on friday. how does a republican candidate now handle that issue with theou obs numbers coming down six months in a row? >> well, that's a very good ustrestion and in fact, at the top of the hour on fox news

sunday, we're going to kind of layout a preview the general election and have the chairman of the two parties, congresswoman dpdeby wasser n ma schultz, and the republican chair. it's a glass half full, half empty argument. on one hand the unemployment numbers are definitely getting better from 9% two months ago to now 8.5% and 200,000 jobs created in december. on the other hand, are.j is still lousy, 1.7 million jobs net have been lost under this president. so, you know, is the argument, well, things are beginning to get better or is the argument, you know, things are still pretty bad and by historical standards, very bad. and that's something, obviouhat to be finding out in fall, whoever the republican nominee is, against barack obama. >> dave: and you have ron paul on your show today, who is an attack dog last night and boy, did he go after rick santorum and calling him a big

government conservative. and newt gingrich and his deferment. did he help himself or aside from mitt romney, did anyone tautperform ebe yectation ir thought? >> i thought paul didwnery well. i thought paul didwnery well. i thought romney did well. mostly, i think he did fine in the beginning in defending bain capital and free enterprise. it's a hard thin3 >> as he shid, you sort of ebe yect barack obama and the democrats to go after some of the harder edges, rougher ehones of the free enterprise and the fact that people lose their jobs and businesses close, but it's a little hard to hear it from republicans who you know understand and actually support capitalism. so, i thought the two of them did quite well. >> alisyn: all righ mi chris, we'll be watching your show. thanks for taking your time to er sae us your thoughts. >> you be mi >> dave: thanks, chris. we appreciate it. >> alisyn: and we told you about the colns oy, to have an occupy wall street course? is the university now rl detting for changing that

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>> does your marriage rand the s.ou of michael douglas and kathleen turner "war of the roses", how can you keep your relation baip intact? >> psychotherapist, the best advice your mother never gave s.ou. kat, tha luntzou oins us. >> good morning. >> dave: this is an unfortunate time of yooer for a lot of marror tges, it is, as they say, the divorce season. >> exactly. >> dave: w, tha is that? >> well, i think a uner the stress of the holidays, people keep it thave ether for the kid, thfer don't want to rlidn

anybody's christmas. so then as soon as the kids go back to school, they start to file for divorce. >> alisyn: and one thing that's happenin3 >> obviouhat sign of the time is the financial troubles that couples get into and that leae th to stress. what are your solutions for that? >> well, there's a lot of different solutions. doe-oer one, i talked to fsae different tips and the first tip is people need to know what their reactsae triggers are. they're self-limiting beliefs that trins.er thand the. so if someone is accused of spending too much money and you're reactive trigger is, i i' doing everything wrong all the time. you're going to get emotionally triggered, righhae reactsae and your partner's going to get reactive. what we want is to be able to know your trins.ers and keep yourse str calm so you can understand what your partner is really shying. >> alisyn: and these are from childhood. >> exactly, you learn from childhood. >> dave: this makes a lot of sense to me. number two 80-20 rule. describe that. >> i% of your emotions coming i rom the old beliefs, i'm not good enough.

i'm a failure and we get triggered and we develop coping styles. we become pleasers, we can get into contro. >> mi we can get into superiority, i know everything, you don't know anything. avoidance. thferby he keepin3 >> called masks, i call them masks. >> alisyn: the way to fix this, change your lens, how dfe you do that? >> first of all, awareness, you need to know what these are nns ober one. doe-oer two, train your brain to be able to look at different perspectsaes. your partner on the cell phone doesn't mean i'm not good enough. it means he's busy, got to get the time line met. look at three, four other different perspectsaes, it's not about me not being good enough, not all about us. >> dave: and the three c's, capable, connected and you coun mi how do we put that into practice in our marriage. >> how do we feel ll dee making our partner, capable and connected and count. and give and take, it has to er o both ways. >> alisyn: number five i thought was fascinating and i don't know how to do it,

changing your ks.20 n. what do you mean. >> brain wave entrainmenhae changes your brain waves to dv down into a lower level so you can think more rationally. when we're emotionally trins.er we can't think, right we've lost our logic. and this brings it totally do3 >>. >> dave: how do 0 we do that. >> alisyn: what is that? >> there's many d ceferent audios that are created to several years ago and effective. for sleep, for stress, ang site. >> alisyn: getting into a medtative state. >> exactly. and trains your ks.20 ak i didn't know how to keep my mind quiet, that negative chatter box, oh, riah. >> alisyn: do we have a wehowite to find it. >> e-brain sense.com. >> alisyn:. >> dave: doctor, the book is the best advice your mother never gave you, thanks very me haers >> thank you. >> alisyn: he knew exactly what to do in js m-- to do in emergencies.

>> i got the phone and dor tled 911. >> alisyn: now, this little boy is honored for qlidck thinking. >> dave: and a cascistian university says obama care is forcing the school to act ayeinst its religious belies m and now, it's looking at the federal government. the unsaersity's president's reaction still ahead. >> alisyn: plus, picking out baby names. wait until you hear about the length this high-tech trend will let parents go to name their bundle of joy. ♪vern pour chunky sirloin burger soup over those mashed potatoes and dinner is served. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell's chunky -- it's amazing what soup can do.

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younties. but tonight, i make this pledge, between now and the repu eican convention in august, i intend to campaign in every one of those counties. i know this won't be ea, tr, some of these counties are quite dangerous. alaska's den nally county has the nation's largest stock of grizzly bears and only five year round residents, but i'll be there going door? isolated back wooe th rl dion and nth a heavily armed popubuttion and long tradition of hostility to outsiders, the insoliration for the film deliver rance, it's l be there, too. >> mike: that's where he hits his stride. >> mike: and sandy as ridg. >> alisyn: not intentional. >> mike: everybody has been talking about the contraception question by george stephanopoulos. i'll let you listen to it. >> do yo thingbelieve that stat have that right or not?

>> is that a-- >> sho% d that be done in this case. >> in this case to allow states to ban contraception, no, states don't want to ban yontraception, why are we trying to put it into the constitution, with rl dare th t yey mapluor tge, i would amend the constitution, contraception is working fine. leave it alone. >> that was rothat ifer's shini moment right there. >> obviously, that wasn't a canned line, he didn't know he'd get that question, he said the funiest line of the nigd t. >> we acaned cascis walbutce an hosted many a presidential debate before. he s20 d iby e got nothin3 >> no idea what e?ctly he was going for, my thoughts are maybe he wanted romney to dv after santorum in that moment, but romney never takes that bait. why would he? anyway, that wasou ust one of the lighter moments. >> alisyn: and you heard the audience, they loved it, the butugh line and that was-- >> a booing the moderator. >> alisyn: another funny r bomenhae unintentiona

of anhun i man, a former u.s. ambassador to china and he likes to burni: a his credentials and a smart guy and speaks mandarin, i believe, fluently and knows a lot about the rl dion and last night he trotted out the mandarin, here it is. >> we have to get along and tell the chinese it's time to stop, you have to play by the rules, i will not let you kill americanou obs any longer. >> i think it's important to note that they would sin j in yhina that, [soleaking chinesen] >> he doesn't quite understand the situatioak >> alisyn: it gets funnier the third time over. >> dave: and so john huntsman is a very smart 7vy, accoc1li: aed, but not a great campaigner and one of the big tack aways, don't speak mandarin at the debate. ve ycan see "saturday night live" having fun with that this coming saturday if i were a writer. hat'> mike: and smart v too, what did he say.

on,m not smart with my mad ri or i ll dee the orange. what did he say in that moment. >> alisyn: another funny moment, not intentionally, ron paul paul's, take a listen. hat'> and there it goes but caught you not telling the truth. >> but really. hat'> the manda: that was rick santo3 em's line. that was after ron paul talked about how he was cor3 ept aty,er ane assocor ttion and rick santorum, and ron paul went after rick santorum calling him a big g foerbouent conservative and rick santorum had pretty solid answers last night. ron paul was the attack dogments and he went after newt gingrich and not so much the le iser. ron paul was doing well. >> and a lot of people, mike huckabee said he thinks he takes second in new hac1: aar e.

>> in the meantime, get to your headlines and tell you what else is happening at this hour, l foed ones are mourning the deaths of a group of soldiers killed in thinghanistan this week, nwhat ds that four indiana national guardsmen died and a fifth was injured on saturday and officor terv si it happened when the vehicles struck a roadside bomb. they were working to clear a su sanly route off the bomb. and they were identified, and patterson's mother s-dor, her son didn't have to dv, but he felt a calling to serve. >> they have to do that he s20 d, i have to do this. i didn't sign up to just stay in school or to get an education. i did this to snd tekart my country. >> alisyn: this is the largest r tgns ober of indor tna 7vare death since march of 2005. president obama's health care law coming under attack e s20 ak this tan,e c saor iso cascistian university is filing a lawsuit claiming the mandate is force

the school to dv ayeinst the religious beliefs. the president of colorado christor tn university joined us earlst r on to >> and under a federal mandate that pbutn must offer contraceptives. this university offers a group health pbutn to this ltiflidit s felsleading and under a federal mandate that plan must offer contraceptives. the figd t over abortion. >> alisyn: i don't think that was the clip that we were hoping for, you get the kain-- senator armstrong sin js it's not whether or not you're pro-life he s-dor it's strictly a case of g foerbouent going too far and overreaching. >> and students at colom anoa unsaersity can proteshae 1%, but can't get credit for it. they're canceling the course for the spring and they sin j it was an inadvertent mistake and the class was never supposed to be kasted. it originally profelsed a ligd t reading load because they were expected to spend tan,e

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heroic action. >> i don't know about you as a sanarenhae but that's a ruppind to me to teach your kids that, because all of our kids to get on the ipad and mess around and open a sans, but how many of them actually know how to do this. >> iws going to the show and doing through a dry run. >> 911. >> and beyonce had a baby. >> alisyn: bferonce h is a eaco m. >> dave: and the name was. >> mike: ivy blue. >> alisyn: ivy b lte carter. >> dave: iws willing to bet if you google. that probably the first to have that name. and a nwhat d trend for the part in new year, finding a name that has nothing on a gooa seaigners when you put in your child's name they want it to turn up firs-- this is going to extreme lengths to find a unique name. >> mike: you've got to have a vete >> i gooa hundreds of entries popped up only one related to her. >> alisyn: from personal ear aerst cone, if you give your child an unusual spelling like my alisy or that's easst r to be

the obaby seaignhable name. for instance, these are the real nbomes from the beginning of go12. thea janine, that's one of the first baby names. : aekinah. and kin j lyak and other things that are going to pop up. adelyn. and that's one win j to make lidre your kid is, i guess, has a unique name and then your teachers are going to have probleniv forever and ever and they're called seo friendly name and has to do with seaignh engines, woufl you gooa and see if that comes up. >> alisyn: see if that comes nd te. >> mike: m eae or dave. >> dave: go ahead and go. >> alisyn: and here is the yhallenge, paren i witpfan unuse wl name. as my husband can attest, even my best friene th donal to spell my nbome and get it

wrong. >> mike: i don't know why. theri gs a y in there. >> dave: iws willing to bet that rick reichmuth is totally unique. >> i donal :s.er ri hat'> alisyn: and see w search pops up. >> dave: migd t be some dirt, be careeral, caro of >> dave: you pop up first because you're a superstast to >> i donal but i think there's like one other reichmuth family in arizona so there's not many of us around. >> alisyn: but there are scary things that pop up. >> there are, and donal encoure se it. knock it off. stop it! get off that and let's do the weathest to let's do the weather and you clearly are not going to pay attention to aoblthing iws s-ying rigd t now. some people might. the terms as you're looking uul deive p, youheseand the9 degree in provo and across parts of the east, really going pretty dood at least for this time of year down to the south and very warm. take a look at the forwenast for the din j todin j. the northeast looking gooed. not as nice as yesterdalidr

theea meng all kine th of rweno and 62 in central park yesterday not like that today. today in the mid 40's and wa aber than average and a little bit of snow flying around the great lories and nothing that's going to cause problems. and down to the southeast. where we have some rain and ed attered and at the ges heavir and might even see a thunderstorm or two rum was e through, but nothing that's doing to be bad. and rain moving in throughout the ninet couple of din js and towaple the north youhese looking pretty good as well and really, really nice, tuppps well above average e shese or i will be that way tuesday and snow into new mexico and tonight and tomorrow west texas o cone again. back to you inside. are you done ye-- >> alisyn: no. >> dave: and one calerv you the hottest weather man on the planet. >> alisyn: he buitan that one. his personal website. thanks so much, rick. and newt ginrt,ich toriing heat for this rwenent statuppen-- >> i'll go to this and talk about why the african-american yomwas nity shosld duppand payche:s and not be satisfied

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>> with the nation's debt above 15 trillion dollars. the president is expected to call on coping to raise the debt ceiling. >> dave: but florida senator marco rubio is not happy about it sending a letter to the president, on friday saying it's a tragic reality, but on your watch more and more people believe that america is becoming a deadbeat nation inevitably headed to a european style debt crisis. sandra smith from the fox business network joins us this morning from chicago. good to see you, sandra. >> hey, good sunday morning to you guys. >> dave: is he talking about, senator rubio, is he talking about the pending raise in the dead debt ceiling or looking back how the president handles or lack of leadership in terms of this debt issue? >> really it's both.

this is a scathing letter from rubio and one that i think a lot of americans would agree with at this point. we're now looking at president obama willing to raise the debt ceiling for the 6th team in just the past three years and i think that you can look back at history, mike and dave, and see that, it's know the just obama that raised the debt ceiling, we've seen many presidents to raise the debt ceiling to spur growth. what we're seeing it the debt ceiling raised to avoid confronting the problem at hand. talking 1.2 trillion dollar more dollars and that's going to push us well above the 16 trillion dollar mark, and meanwhile, our economy continues to sputter. what we're seeing is the willingness to raise the debt ceiling to continue to spend, but yet, not see improvement in the economy and that's the biggest problem right now. rubio is just saying if you're going to raise the debt ceiling.

let's have a plan and that's one i think a lot of folks can agree with out there. >> sandra, i'm sure yesterday you were talking about this, 8.5, i guess on friday when the numbers came out. unemployment numbers, 8.5 and i don't know if you heard this or not. but rick santorum says well, maybe it's because business people think that the republican is going to be president. here is what he had to say. >> i'm very gratified to see despite the president's poles the job market is beginning to pick up and i think there might be optimism that maybe republicans are going to take the white house and maybe that's spurring people to start taking some risk. >> you know, with a spishg on his face though, i don't know whom people are taking it seriously or not, sandra. >> a bit of a stretch there, but i will say that santorum's words should be notedment you know? we've been looking at businesses who have been, we've heard from ceo's of major fortune 500 companies who said that they feel that this administration has been business unfriendly. there's been policies that have been thrown at them. rules and regulations that

have restricted them. it's been a very tough economic environment for these businesses to thrive. so, it's noted that perhaps there is some anticipation of a republican win in office and businesses may want to take on more risk, but you know, there's many months to go before this election where we're going to see both sides of the aisle to spin these economic numbers, whether or not they're good, bad or ugly and so this is one way he did it. one month does not make a trend, guys, this was, this was a decent report on the economy, a drop in unemployment, but not one to say, hey, things are moving in the right direction, not yet at least. >> dave: sandra smith, i am shocked at you wearing alabama red the day before the lsu tigers play for the national title. wow. >> wow, you caught me. you caught me, i'll be wearing purple tomorrow. >> dave: go tide-- >> go tigers. >> dave: thanks, sandra. >> mike: newt gingrich creating controversy for saying this. >> i'll go to the convention

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>> newt gingrich cross the line with comments with food stamps and minorities? >> i'm prepared if the naacp invites me and go to the convention and talk about why the african-american community should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps. >> alisyn: and we're joined by the daughter of jesse jackson and radio show host and the

director of the naacp washington bureau. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> mr. shelton, i want to start with you. you are the director of the naacp washington bureau, what did you make of that comment? >> well, it was very reckless, erroneous, it was racially based, it was problematic in so many ways and seemed to be playing on the age old stereo type that somehow the majority of those who receive food stamps in the country are african-american which is not true and the fact he said it in iowa where it's less true makes it more problematic. >> what are your thoughts on this? >> i thought it was provocative, but it wasn't productive and it wasn't worthy of the former speak. the fact of the people on relief are young, white and female and in this time of economic want we need a conversation on jobs, what we can do to get back on track as a nation and this did not do that. >> and to your point, and both of your points, actually, we have some statistics and you can see them there and for a second on the right-hand side of your screen. 22%, only 22% of the people

who received foot stamps in this country of which there are 40 million are black, only 22% of that huge number is black and 34% are white. so, mr. shelton, why do you think he focused on the african-american community? >> it seemed like the same old scapegoating and distraction, rather than focusing on the issue of our day, creating jobs, the number one priority of the naacp is passing the american jobs act. 1.9 million more jobs to our economy and rather that that, the scapegoating that burden is placed on welfare and african-americans are the culprit and the fact that he said this in iowa where only 9% of food stamps are taken to american-- >> and it was to newt gingrich's point that jobs are better than food stamps and let's face it, there are huge chunks are the african-american community that don't have jobs. are they happy with how president obama has handle

them? >> of course not. i think there's much more that congress can do. i think much more than the business community can do, but at the end of the day i think the former speaker made a huge political miscalculation and ignoring a base i assumes a trying to reach, the tea party. and the tea partiers and occupiers, who really are a product of this economic want. and the fact is, african-americans did not go to congress and present a two and a half page document asking for a bailout. that was wall street. african-americans are not behind the tea party and occupy movement. we need jobs in america, we need assistance and the fact is it more and more white americans need assistance and no one, no one, wants to stand in line to get relief and the fact is, people really do want jobs. they want to work and they want prosperity and not just a job. >> mr. shelton, finally, very quickly, he said that if the naacp invites them to their

meeting he's had the talk about the issues. will you extend an invitation to him? >> let me just say that if he becomes through republican nominee for president as they've done throughout the past we would invite them to come. and with that kind of erroneous information, a lot they could learn from the n a. -- naacp. >> alisyn: thank you for coming here. >> thank you. >> alisyn: struggling to put food on the table, the first family was living in wonderland accord to go a new book. they were partying in secret hollywood style. we'll tell you the juicy, palace intrigue. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8.

>> alisyn: good morning, sunday, january 8th, i'm alisyn camerota. mitt romney fender off his rivals, during last night's new hampshire debates, staying on message, aiming his attacks at president obama. we will have all of... >> the president will try and take responsibility for things getting better, like the rooster taking responsibility for the sunrise. >> alisyn: we'll have the debate highlights, for you, we're live in new hampshire. >> dave: and he was just an intern but one year ago today, he became a hero. credited for saving congresswoman gabrielle giffords's life. daniel hernandez joins us live to talk about that horrific day a year ago. >> and i'm mike in for clayton, one of the military's most

deadly weapons, the navy s.e.a.l. named most lethal joins us to talk about punching out jesse ventura. our fours hour, "fox & friends" our fours hour, "fox & friends" on a sun, starts, right now. captioning by, closed captioning services, inc. >> was it the 14th time they've debated. >> alisyn: i've lost track. >> dave: the voters have, too. and, mike jarrett, not fearing the rick santorum sweater vest, in for clayton morris, in for the cse in las vegas. >> alisyn: he loves it, a kid in a candy store. and do sleeves slow you down, also. >> not at all. i don't fear the rick santorum sweater. i'm rockin' it. the candidates, of course in new hampshire, and, we'll give you highlights. in case you didn't see it.

>> dave: who were the winners and losers? let's get the answer from molly line in manchester, new hampshire, breaking it down for us. good morning to you, molly. >> reporter: good morning, dave, ali and, mike. great to see you and great to be hear, enjoying the political season, in the final hours and this is one of the final debates, it is drawing a close as far that's debates. there -- as far as the debates and there is one next week on fox news channel and there was a speculation, that mitt romney would catch flak from the other candidates and he's leading in the polls in new hampshire. they covered a lot of grade, free trade, social issues, gay marriage, same sex adoption and, hit a lot of social issues though it is more of a fiscal conservative landscape here. one of the key things they talked about was economic philosophy and their visions for america. mitt romney weighed in and

santorum, a little while later managed to swing back and get a dig. >> i don't want to raise capital gains tax rates as they do in bowles simpson but broadening the base is the right way to go for tax codes, and immediately, let's get relief for middle income. >> middle class, we don't put people in classes and maybe middle income people but the idea, somehow or another we'll buy into the class warfare arguments of barack obama should not be part of the republican lexicon. >> reporter: it offered the opportunity for newt gingrich to get in one of the digs he had been making throughout the week, referring to mitt romney and his economic policies, as timid. newt gingrich called him a massachusetts moderate, throughout the week, referred to himself as a reagan conservative and, it will be interesting see how much impact the final debate has on the vote and we know the voters head to the polls on january 10th. tuesday, guys, back to you. >> dave: thanks, molly. a big one of course, south

carolina, and, looks like new hampshire is sewn up in terms of who gets first, second place up for battle, and south carolina will be huge, who can emerge to challenge mitt romney there. >> alisyn: we do have more debate highlights. there were many but, again, often unintentional. a laugh line, very unintentional because george stephanopoulos, one of the moderators asked mitt romney an unusual question and asked a hypothetical, what if states were to ban contraception. now, again, this is nothing that you ever see listed on the top of voters' concerns. when they want to know how presidents will handle the next year but, george stephanopoulos posed it and here's his answer. >> do you believe the states have the right or not? should that be done in the case. >> should it be done, this case to allow states to ban contraception? no, they don't want to ban it. why would we try to put it in

the constitution. with regards to gay marriage i told you, that is what i would amend the constitution, contraception, it works,just fine, leave it alone. >> he was baffled and everyone in the room was baffled. >> we asked chris wallace, the host of fox news sunday and he said it was a head-scratcher for him and he said he had no idea what they were going after. but, look, in terms of the attacks in the debate, last night, let's let you know, ron paul, going after rick santorum, calling him a big government conservative, and, it really was him going after newt gingrich as well, and saying that newt gingrich criticizing his military deferment and that got personal and i wonder if we heard the last of that. >> alisyn: an george stephanopoulos asked romney about something that came up, the exact number of jobs he can claim to have created or saved, when he was at the helm at bain capital and the number was been all over the map and mitt romney lately said 100,000 and george

stephanopoulos said are you subtracting the jobs that were lost when some companies failed? here's this exchange. >> in the business i had we invested in over 100 different businesses and net-net, taking out the ones we lost jobs and those we added, those businesses have now added over 100,000 jobs. >> i think it is a regiment part of the debate to say, on balance were people better off or worse off with this particular style of development. >> dave: it may be a slippery slope and a dangerous point for a conservative to criticize a private equity firm, it is about capitalism and free enterprise, some businesses fail and need to and you don't want the government to pick winners and losers on this. i wonder if they'll abandoned that as an attack. on mitt romney. certainly, democrats will use it. and, i know there is a big ad rolling out, i think, today or

tomorrow, 30-minute ad from newt gingrich's pro gingrich super pac that is all about mitt romney's time at bain capitalal. >> 10,000 or 100,000... >> alisyn: right. fact check organizations said it isn't that high. >> that that is high. >> he may be off 90,000. anyway, so you -- the moderator. you announce you are the moderator and you get your legal pad and notes together. and i -- they want to have an unusual question. at first, you go, that is odd and then i like it the more i heard the answers, this is the question: if you weren't running for president and weren't at the debate right now, what would you be doing on a normal saturday night? listen closely: >> probably be at the shooting range. [laughter]. >> instead of being shot at. >> i would be watching the college championship basketball game. >> football game. >> i mean, football game! >> i'd be doing the same thing

with my family, we'd be huddled around watching the championship game. >> football, i love it. yeah. >> i would be home with my family, but, if they all went to bed i would probably read an economic textbook. >> i'd be on known with my two boys in the u.s. navy because they are a constant reminder of what is great about the nation. >> alisyn: oh, boy... >> dave: now, now... >> a wonderful thing to do. >> alisyn: all of them combined. even ron paul, like, you party animal, i would be reading an economic textbook! wow! >> dave: as a sports guy, i mean, the national championship game, everyone knows it's on monday night and newt knows that and gave an interview about the national championship game earlier in the day. and first he said basketball. >> which isn't until march or april. >> but they knew there was a football game on against them.

>> alisyn: right. >> dave: demolishing the detroit lions. >> it is okay. because they have a lot more on their minds, college or... >> give 'em a pass. >> alisyn: okay. >> dave: pun intended. >> alisyn: your headlines, we have other news to tell you about, other than politics. a new report says iran started uranium enrichment at a new site. a radical iranian newspaper says the site is well protected underground facility and the country's main site is built only partially underground. now, iran is under u.n. sanctions for refusing to stop uranium enrichment which can be used to develop nuclear weapons and that is a charge that tehran denies. a mysterious package delivered to a colorado home explodes, sending a husband and wife to the hospital with severe burns. police say 44-year-old allison stone picked up the box left on her doorstep and put it into her vehicle and she and her husband got into the vehicle and drove two blocks and it exploded on her lap and investigators believe the couple was targeted for some reason.

you are looking at new video, exclusive to fox news of arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. last night she returned for the first time to that safe way store in tucson, the same place where shots rang out exactly one year ago today, killing 6 people and injuring her and 12 others. earlier, on "fox & friends," her husband, marks kelly, told us about how he found out about the shooting. >>... shocking day and the phone call i got from gabby's chief of staff, was just, you know, something i'll never forget. you know? it was just an unbelievable day, a very sad and tragic day. >> alisyn: this morning, church bells are set to ring at 10:11 a.m., the exact time gunman jared loughner opened fire. a candlelight vigil will be held tonight in memory of the victims and coming up at 9:20 we'll speak to gifford's internal, daniel h daniel hernandez, crediting with

saving her life. >> remember the speech he gave at the memorial service? >> alisyn: so strong. >> what were you doing, 2009, halloween, did you have a party in trick-or-treating in check out the party at the white house, halloween, 2009, johnny depp was there. >> dave: that ain't bad. the mad hatter from "alice in wonderland," an tinteresting article, in "the new york post" this morning. peter doocy, alisyn has the cover of the "new york post." >> alisyn: give us details of what allegedly went on at the party. >> reporter: in october, twain, the national unemployment rate was 10%, the highest it has been since the president took office and the white house has an extravagant halloween party, decorated by tim burton and entertained by johnny depp and it was so extravagant, jody cantor writes in the tell-all book, white house officials were so nervous about how a splashy hollywoodesque party would look to jobless americans or their

representatives in congress, who would soon vote on health care the event was not discussed publicly and burton and johnny depp's contributions went unacknowledged. the press pool was invited to watch the first couple that year handing out candy to trick-or-treaters and the president did not wear a costume and the first lady dressed in a leopard sweater, cat ears and sparkly eye makeup and the real party, inside the white house, the alice "alice in wonderland" remake was about to be released and johnny depp dressed like that, donned the mad hatter outfit an greeted guests from a table top, party-goers drank fruit punch from blood vials and the white house, though, want you to ignore this story, they are -- the book as well, they say this is the author's take, reflecting her own opinions on a remarkably strong relationship between the president and first lady, both of whom share an unwavering commitment to each other and to improving the lives of americans. and a note about the star power

radiating from the expensive event on pennsylvania avenue, chewbacca is back there, george lucas sent over the original costume from the "star wars" movies. jody cantor's book says that is not a cheap imitation, the real deal, sent by the "star wars" creator to mingle with the guests, the real harry suit but we don't know who was wearing it. back to you. >> alisyn: we should say the video is the party for the kids, before hand, before the lavish adult party later? >> reporter: right, like i mentioned, the white house was nervous about public perception of the lavish party, inside the dining room and the press was not invited to take pictures of that but were allowed to shoot them outside, handing out candy to d.c. schoolkids. >> dave: i wonder who the wookiee was. could have been reggie love, or arnie duncan, education secretary.

another tall guy. >> alisyn: dressing up that's wookiee? >> dave: i'm just saying... >> alisyn: still ahead a shopping trip to target, one woman will never forget, a teenage prank left her brain damaged. what she says now about the teenagers. [ male announcer ] in bli, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ '80s dance music plays ] [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego.

>> dave: we're back now with former debate coach, for michelle bachmann and president of o'donnell and associates, bret o'donnell.

we're talking about last night's big g.o.p. debate in new hampshire, number 14. as mike pointed out... >> a lot of people on twitter thought it was boring but i got an e-mail from michael reagan who says he and his wife really enjoyed it and, so a difference of opinion. you know who i missed? is michelle bachmann, tell you the truth. >> me, too. i missed seeing her last night. >> dave: the number one take away -- politico and "washington post," number one, mitt romney is essentially running out the clock, a decent analogy, because, he is kind of rising above, why do you third quarter he did well last night? >> you know, actually i don't think he was running out the clock, to be honest with you. i thought he did a really good job at casting vision last night. a lot of times, there was one moment, where he actually went outside the question, with george stephanopoulos and said, your question is fine, but what this is really about is what our vision is for how we'd move the country forward. a good moment. >> dave: play what we have,

maybe this is what you are talking about. >> the president is going to try and take responsibility for things getting better like the rooster taking responsibility for the sunrise. he didn't do it. in fact, what he did, was make things harder for america to get going again. >> dave: why does that work? >> because he's getting outside of the fray in the debate of attacking the other candidates and really going after -- you know, republicans are looking for the candidate who is going to best debate obama on the stage. who is really going to take it to obama and, last night he showed he'll debate obama and will take him on and that is what republicans are looking for. the other guys are looking for, who will be second place. >> they are going after mitt romney and mitt romney basically is debating every time we have one of these debates. >> they are not even debating mitt romney, they are debating each other and i think that was actually a bad move on a lot of their parts. >> dave: if there is one person on the stage that best

represents the anti-mitt vote, who did well in that regard. >> both rick santorum and newt gingrich did well, newt gingrich went back to the attack the media genre he has been doing, and that works effectively, particularly when he reframed the gay marriage question, look, there is a lot of anti-christensanti-christia anti-christian sentiment in the media as well and that got applause and, he reframed the issue... >> rick perry, people were stunned in the audience, there and i pish perked up, too, iraqd send troops back into iraq. >> that was a big mistake on his part. i'm not sure that that is something that he thought through, the policy implications of. you know, while most people in the g.o.p., particularly, my boss, my old boss was definitely against iraq and the way the

president handled that. certainly, virtually no one, even in the republican party, is for immediately sending the troops back. >> dave: first and foremost we don't have an immunity agreement to protect our troops and i have to ask you, in general, would you say speaking mandarin in a debate, as john huntsman, a successful governor and smart man did last night, good or bad move? >> i think probably not a great move. he's so smart on china and that policy and he was frustrated with romney at this point and that evoked the response. >> dave: it doesn't look like he intended that. >> and i thought that was a good exchange and a place for him to show the opposite view on china and i thought he was being very smart on that issue. so, you know, but mitt romney did a good thing in challenging him on that issue and showed that he is strong. >> good to see you, thank you. all right, coming up, he's one of the u.s. military's most

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>> dave: welcome back to "fox & friends," i'm dave briggs, he's mike jarrett and alisyn camerota. when policy six and fashion collide it is often with tragic results. >> alisyn: i think it looks good. i actually think it looks good. >> dave: let's not forget, politics gave us the mom jeans of president obama and the pantsuit of hillary clinton. and, now, the sweater vest. from rick and storm who won the iowa caucus, the vest has gone viral. >> alisyn: not only that, it has taken on a life of its own in addition to the viral campaign, it has its own twitter feed and also has a great youtube video,

called, sleeves... i like the title. here it is. >> dave: terrible. >> alisyn: sleeves slow me down. is that not fantastic? sleeves slow me down, do you feel liberated in your vest? >> i feel more relaxed. >> alisyn: that is what he's going for, and, a man of the people and feels more relaxed, speaking on stage in a vest, than a suit. >> it's not a calculated thing. >> the youtube video. sleeves slow me down. >> not like a calculated thing, i'll look like a dad, but i wondered, how did it evolve? and he talked to laura ingraham about that. >> alisyn: yes, the person we need to talk to about this is carl cameron, our political expert. >> dave: also a fashionista. and he can weigh in, manchester, new hampshire, under all of that is he's rockin' the sweater vest. without a doubt. good morning, my friend.

>> reporter: sweater vest, more like super-duper thermals. it is chilly in new hampshire. >> dave: what is happening on the campaign trail today? >> reporter: debate season as we head into the primary, i have a double noise in my ear here, folks. last night they debated, today they are debating again, and, it is feisty, they are calling each other names and going down to the wire in new hampshire, the state that loves a fight and they are certainly getting one. >> i'm not surprised "the new york times" puts freedom of the press on trial or the obama administration doing that either but it is surprising from my colleagues on the stage. >> reporter: battling for second in the polls, paul and santorum savaged each other. >> you are a big spender. >> a ridiculous charge and you should know better. >> really, what the whole... there it goes again. >> what about you not telling the truth, ron. >> really... >> reporter: paul accused newt gingrich of avoiding the draft and promoting war. >> i personally resent the kind

of comments and aspersions you routinely make without accurate information, and, then just slurs people. >> i'm trying to stop the wars, but at least, i went when they called me up. >> reporter: jobs and the economy were overshadowed by social issues. >> sacred marriage, for a man and woman. >> i would oppose any effort to ban contraception. >> this administration's war on religion is what bothers me greatly. >> reporter: romney pounced when jon huntsman, former ambassador to china accused him of trying to take a trade war with china. >> i'm sorry, governor, you were the last two years implementing the policies of the administration in china and the rest of us on the stage did our best to get republicans elected across the country and stop the policies of the president. [applause]. >> it is important to note, as they'd say in china, mitt... [speaking chinese]. >> he doesn't understand the situation. >> reporter: probably the first time mandarin was ever spoken on the campaign trail in new

hampshire. already, today, huntsman fired back, saying that he resents the idea that mitt romney would question his service to the country and compared being an ambassador to his two sons' military service and, mitt romney retorted, well, he doesn't think a conservative running for the republican nomination against barack obama should -- would be best served by somebody who actually worked for barack obama, to which huntsman has replied to the reply, that is a good example of why this country is so divided. so, they fight on, the clock is ticking, time is running out and the first-of-the-nation primary, officials votes, is heading out with romney in a lead and the rest of the field, attacking him, but, more importantly, as we head towards tuesday, fighting him -- amongst themselves for who will be romney's chief rival. >> alisyn: we thought, too, it seemed like a battle for second, in some ways, all right, carl, thanks, so much. we'll check back with you for a fashion update later. thank you. >> dave: to carl's point the first time mandarin has been

spoken and probably the last time, spoken at a g.o.p. debate as well. >> company a bungee jump gone wrong, we'll tell you about a woman's miraculous escape. >> alisyn: he was an intern at the time but one year ago today became a hero, credited for saving gabrielle giffords's life, daniel hernandez will join us live to talk about that horrible day. >> dave: newt gingrich compares himself to president ronald reagan, quite often but is the comparison justified? we'll ask president reagan's son, michael reagan, who is here, live, coming up. cranberry! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. can you enjoy vegetables with sauce and still reach your weight loss goals? you can with green giant frozen vegetables. over twenty delicious varieties ha sixty calories oless per serving and are now weight watchers-endorsed.

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>> alisyn: welcome back, everybody. alisyn camerota here with dave briggs and look who is in with clayton morris, mike jarrett. >> good to be here. >> alisyn: we have to tell more than politics. loved ones are morning the death

of a group of soldiers killed in afghanistan this week. news four indiana national guardsmen have died in a -- and a 5th injured. officials say it happened when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb and they were working to clear a supply route of the bomb, and have been identified as staff sergeant jonathan metzger and specialist brian linhart and christopher patterson and patterson's mother said her son did not have to go but felt a calling to serve. >> when he was being activated, he said i have to -- didn't sign up to stay in school or to get an education, i did this to support my country. >> alisyn: the largest number of indiana guardsmen's deaths since 2007. concerns over a fresh oil spill as the grounded cargo ship off the new zealand coast splits in two. national response officials say

oil could wash ashore by midnight, a significant amount hat not been released but more is likely and debris and containers spilled into the sea could come to shore later today, the ship ran aground and the captain and navigating officer are facing criminal charges. a mother left brain damaged by a terrifying teenage prank forgives the boys who did it. you may remember the story of marian, leaving a target store in harlem after buying halloween candy for under privileged kids and two 12-year-old boys dropped a shopping cart on her head from four stories up, and she suffers from short-term memory loss and is unable to care for herself, still a source close to her says that she is not bitter about the attack and hopes her story will raise more awareness for troubled youth. she's an inspiration. those are your headlines. to rick for weather. how does it look? >> a little chil chilly, the sw

vest is on underneath the coat. a good idea! heading to new hampshire to vote, here's your forecast: not a bad day, areas to the southern side of the state, manchester, looking good. towards the north, a little bit of snow but will not be bad. where is the cold? all bottled up across parts of alaska. in towards far northern canada. when you see the darker maroon color, that is where the cold is. look at what happens over the next few days. it starts to get a little bit lower into canada. and, a little bit closer into the u.s. and i think we'll see a bit of a pattern shift from the mild winter we have been seeing over the last, really month-and-a-half. and, i think we'll start to see things get a little bit colder and more active, at least by next weekend and that is i think when we'll have a good indication of exactly how big of a pattern shift we'll see. get ready, we'll see winter for a lot of people over the next couple of weeks. quickly your forecast today.

the northeast, you are looking pretty good. a little bit of snow across areas towards the great lakes, and down to the southeast we'll have some of the rain showers and we'll see pretty significant rain showers, at times into the southeast and temps not bad. nice into the northern plains, temps again, well above average, we'll see 40s for many places, and, out across the west, you have the snow into new mexico and parts of texas by tomorrow morning, back to you inside. >> dave: thanks, buddy. you rock the vest! he's the most accomplished sniper in u.s. military history, known as the most lethal for the pentagon and the legend to his fellow navy s.e.a.l.s. he is sharing his story for the first time, in his new book, american sniper. joining us is retired u.s. navy s.e.a.l. chris cowell, good morning and thanks for your service. >> thanks for having me. >> dave: a lot of buzz and headlines about you punching out jesse ventura and when you punch

out a former navy s.e.a.l. and professional wrestler and u.s. governor it makes headlines but i'm curious, as a navy s.e.a.l. and a sniper, obviously you are one of the more private people on the planet. why write the book? what is your goal? >> i wanted to get out the story as far as the sacrifices the military members have to make when they deploy and the wives and husbands left behind in the kids, everything they have to go through, while the military member is overseas serving for us. there is a high divorce rate and i'm trying to bring attention to the guys and get it to where the country stipulations and takes care of the vet and if the vet doesn't come home we take care of the family left behind. >> dave: give us in sight on that, chris. how difficult is that? you have probably the most stressful job on the planet and there is your wife, back home, probably the most worried wife on the planet.

how difficult is that stress, compartmentalizing it and trying to live and maintain a sense of normalcy? >> it is definitely difficult. and it just -- basically, i have become two different people, trying to become one person overseas, doing your job and putting your family and everything back home out of your mind and doing completely opposite when you come home, trying to put the war and everything else out of your mind, just become a family man again. >> dave: in this book you share incredibly heroic and frightening, breath taking stories, takes you to the scene of, when you were a navy s.e.a.l. sniper, at one point, tell us about the story that you thought you were making your last call to your wife, you and your fellow members of the seal team thought this was probably it for you, you would rather have your own team bomb you than be captured by the insurgents. tell us about that. >> any time you make a phone

call to your loved one you want to put them at ease, no matter you are really out there or not but being out there, you are trying to say, hey, i'm back at base, i love you and miss you and want you to know i'm thinking about you and you don't always get the opportunity to call when ever you want, but every once in ray while, especially, if you have a satellite phone, if you have the chance you will take it. and you want to put their minds to ease and let them know you love them and that you are thinking about them. >> dave: i should tell folks, your ten years as a navy s.e.a.l., deployed four times to iraq, awarded two silver stars, five bronze stars, with valor. so, back to the jesse ventura story, because it is part of a larger narrative, you punched him out, because he was disrespecting fellow navy s.e.a.l.s and you had lost a team member and in terms of a larger narrative, how do you feel that americans are honoring or are not honoring our country's troops? >> i think now, it has gotten to the point where people are

desensitized to the whole thing. you see a ticker at the bottom of the tv, that says, you know, five more guys died today, or just on your show, earlier, four national guardsmen that died and one wounded. and that is another number and people don't pay a lot of attention to it. and, we still have people in harm's way, fighting for us. and these guys and girls don't have to believe in the war. we don't decide where we go. we get sent, decide to serve and get sent over there and these guys are dying every day for us and i think we need to take notice of this, and, help these families out and, just, say thank you. any chance we can get. >> dave: that is what i was going to ask you. what is the most helpful thing to you and your fellow troops? i have often come in contact with military members wearing uniform and i want to say thank you and make troops feel honored. what is what you need the most coming back from the most stressful situation on the plan

sunset -- planet. >> show your support, let them know you are here for them, even if you are completely against the war, that is completely understandable, that is your choice but don't voice it to these guys, if you see them in an airport, a gas station or a restaurant, you know, just a simple thank you means the world to these guys. and if you can spare it. i was in a restaurant one night and saw a guy pick up a tab for another soldier and, never even told him who he was, anonymous and that, right there, goes a long way. you don't have to give him a lot of money, let him know, you think about them and we care about them and we are here for you. >> dave: that is a wonderful message and i hope one everyone in our audience takes to heart this morning. thanks, so much, for saying that. i think we all need a little bit of a reminder and i want to remind you folks to read the book. fantastic. american sniper. the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in u.s. history,

an important story but also very, very exhilarating as well, if you want to know what people like chris kyle have gone through, a former navy s.e.a.l. thanks for your service, appreciate it. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> dave: coming up, he was just an intern, but, one year ago today, he became a hero. credited for saving congresswoman gabrielle giffords' life, daniel hernandez joins us live and newt gingrich compares himself to president reagan quite often. is it justified? well, we'll ask president reagan's son, michael. next. this is an rc robotic claw.

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>> alisyn: one year ago today a gunman opened fire i didn't crowd gathered at a tucson grocery store for an event hosted by gabrielle giffords and the shooting rampage left 6 people dead and, 13 wounded including congressman giffords, by her side was her intern, daniel hernandez, credited with saving her life and she joins us live from tucson. good morning. >> thanks for having me. >> alisyn: incredible to think it was a year ago today. what do you remember most from that tragic day? >> there's a lot of things i

remember from the incident a year ago but i think one of the most striking things was seeing everybody, people, whether they had medical training or not, wanting to help save the lives of others who had been injured on that day and even ron barber, who was shot twice, not wanting medical attention because he knew people needed it more. on the morning. >> alisyn: the country really marvelled at your calm, cool, collected dean nor in the face of all of this crisis. what were you thinking, if you can remember how you were able to stay so calm? >>you know, i knew that staying calm was the most important thing. i had very limited training, so i knew that until someone else came in with better training, i needed to do my best to keep the congresswoman in the best shape until the emergency medical technicians did come in and take over. butz, i didn't think that having an emotional break down, because i had seen friends and other people, that i knew, getting injured and killed, would have helped anyone, because it would have -- i would have lost my

focus and prevented me from giving the maximum amount of aid to the congresswoman. >> alisyn: to say it was a life-altering event for everyone involved is obviously an understatement. how has your life changed since that day? >> you know, it hasn't, really, because i have been doing what i have done for years, fighting for -- higher education advocacy, particularly, recently i was elected to school board here in tucson because i'm passionate about education and i have been doing the same things i have been doing for years and now, it is a little bit better of a perspective and i realize, some of the things i doer are n -- do are not as important as i used to think they were and i realize how precious and important every moment of life is and we need to take advantage of every, single opportunity we have. >> alisyn: let's talk about gabrielle giffords. obviously she has had a miraculous recovery. do you think she'll return someday to her post is a congresswoman? >> you know, she's always been a fighter and someone that is tenacious and so, if that is

something she'd like to do, i don't put it past her. i have seen her fight for years and years for her constituents and she's putting the energy towards her recovery and if that is her goal i have no doubt she'll be back. >> alisyn: you say the biggest things for yourself and other victims, making sure you prevent another loughner from happening. how do you do that? >> well, i think the biggest thing is addressing some of the stigma around mental health issues, one thing that was a failure, that allowed this to happen was not any type of legislation, it was the failure in the health care system, not giving him the necessary treatment and not reporting it to the proper authorities. who could have prevented him from not receiving -- could have assisted him in receiving the medication he needed and the biggest thing is removing the stigma, around mental health and making sure that we get people the help they need, especially if they are suffering from paranoid-schizophrenia or dis

associative schizophrenia which jared loughner seems to have had. >> alisyn: do you plan to see her today. >> yes. we'll see her for the first time in her home town in tucson, the university of arizona we'll have a candlelight vigil to honor all of the people who passed away and we're looking forward to having her back in town, because it has been a long time since she has made a public appearance. a year ago today, she made the last public appearance in tucson. >> alisyn: thanks for coming in and sharing part of your personal story, we'll never forget the pictures, thank you. >> thank you so much for having me, alisyn. >> alisyn: still ahead, newt gingrich compares himself to president reagan but is the comparison justified? michael reagan will join us with his thoughts, next. hi, michael. the two trains and a bus rider. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you. and we've been honored to walk with you

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>> alisyn: newt gingrich and mitt romney compared themselves many times to ronald reagan. >> on the conservative thing, sort of laughable to suggest that somebody who campaigned with reagan and with jack kemp and had a 30-year record of conservatism is somehow not a conservative. >> ronald reagan said, four wars were fought during his lifetime and not one of them began because america was too strong. >> you have to fix the economy. >> doing what? >> cutting taxes, cutting regulations and building an american energy plan, exactly what ronald reagan did. >> dave: how do all the ronald reagan comparisons hold up? we are joined by his son, michael reagan. good to see you, sir. >> good to see you. >> dave: who best represents your fa's policies an beliefs for this country? >> me. >> in this field, then, sir?

>> you know, listen, ronald reagan was the last iconic figure, probably this country really ever had and, so, to bring him into the debate, is not wrong. you look at newt gingrich, newt gingrich has been blasted for not being conservative and say, listen i have conservative credential, here's what they are an mitt romney makes reference to a fact that the president of the united states is cutting back our military and can't fight two wars at the same time and talking about ronald reagan, what he really believed and ronald reagan is right about this strength of america, how important it is, and it is great to hear my father's name but i don't think we should make the mistake of looking for him, if you are looking for him you will not find him, we were lucky enough to have him during our life times and to talk about him is fine but to say you are the next one is absolutely wrong. >> dave: who comes closest, though? newt? >> i don't know -- there are pieces in every one of them if you talk about it. it's not somebody who is closer than that.

that is a wrong comparison to make. you have bits of ronald reagan in you, to say one is closer than the other, really does a disservice to ronald reagan. >> alisyn: does it bother you that newt gingrich invokes him so much or do you like it? >> i know, listen, i know newt invokes him quite a bit and i don't know if that is really the right thing to do and he takes a lot of hits for that. especially in my household, if you will, but what he's trying to do is prove, i have been there and done that and i brought you the biggest -- majority of congress, first time in 50 years and is trying to make this point. what he's also trying to tell you is, hey, we're in new hampshire and he won in new hampshire, vote for me and everybody is pulling out every stop they can. i will not let it bother me unless they step all over my father and say something that he wasn't. they say what they are trying to say is, listen, look at me, i am a conservative and i'm that guy, vote for me and rick perry can

say that about being governor of texas, what he has done with jobs there and huntsman can say what he did in utah an mitt romney wi-- and mitt romney and even ron paul, and, my father didn't get involved in contested primaries, he supported the nominee of the party and mitt romney, last night, said, he'd support the nominee, that was a good answer. >> your dad, though, pretty humble guy at times and i think a lot of the candidates could use humility. >> absolutely right. the one thing about mitt romney, he may be a great executive and what have you, but, he needs to be a little bit more humble if he want to draw in the working man. i said before, he relates to the guy at the water cooler but has trouble relating to the guy taking water from it and he needs to become more humble, if you will and the debate, i thought it was good and mitt romney, last night looked like he was the chairman of the

board, and everybody else was around him. >> see what happens, tuesday. >> that was good for him but they all had their moments, did perry do well enough to jump ahead? i don't think so. huntsman? didn't, he's -- >> alisyn: michael, thank you. >> and -- what's that. >> alisyn: we have to go. more "fox & friends" in two minutes. >> dave: thank you, michael. >> alisyn: thank you, michael. [ male annouer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fru and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8.